created reference approved 不绝如缕/不絕如縷 → 不绝如线/不絕如線 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
不绝如缕 / 不絕如縷 bùjuérúlǚ
不绝如线 / 不絕如線 bùjuérúxiàn
variant
Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type
created sense approved 不绝如缕/不絕如縷 · bùjuérúlǚ · hanging by a thread — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
不绝如缕 / 不絕如縷
bùjuérúlǚ
hanging by a thread
Hanging by a thread; in a very precarious state or on the verge of extinction.
不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 绝 (literal) → 绝/絕 · jué · to cut off 如 (literal) → 如 · rú · to be like 缕 (literal) → 缕/縷 · lǚ · strand; wisp
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition
created sense approved 不绝如缕/不絕如縷 · bùjuérúlǚ · to linger on — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
不绝如缕 / 不絕如縷
bùjuérúlǚ
to linger on
Describes a sound that is thin and faint yet continuous, or a phenomenon that lingers on without ending.
不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 绝 (literal) → 绝/絕 · jué · to cut off 如 (literal) → 如 · rú · to be like 缕 (literal) → 缕/縷 · lǚ · strand; wisp
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition