半截入土
bàn​jié​rù​tǔ

to have one foot in the grave

  • created reference approved 半截入土 → 半截身子入土 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    半截入土 bàn​jié​rù​tǔ

    半截身子入土 bàn​jié​shēn​zi​rù​tǔ

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 半截入土 · bàn​jié​rù​tǔ · to have one foot in the grave — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    半截入土

    bàn​jié​rù​tǔ

    to have one foot in the grave

    (idiom) half buried in the earth; nearing the end of one's life; very old or close to death

    半截 (literal) → 半截 · bàn​jié · half 入土 (literal) → 入土 · rù​tǔ · to bury

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense