半截身子入土
bàn​jié​shēn​zi​rù​tǔ

to have one foot in the grave

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

    半截身子入土

    bàn​jié​shēn​zi​rù​tǔ

    to have one foot in the grave

    half the body has entered the earth; to be very old and near death

    半截 (literal) → 半截 · bàn​jié · half 身子 (literal) → 身子 · shēn​zi · body 入土 (literal) → 入土 · rù​tǔ · to die

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

    created sense