命将就木
mìng​jiāng​jiù​mù

at death's door

  • created sense approved 命将就木/命將就木 · mìng​jiāng​jiù​mù · at death's door — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    命将就木 / 命將就木

    mìng​jiāng​jiù​mù

    at death's door

    one's life is approaching the wood of the coffin; to be about to die of old age or illness

    命 (literal) → 命 · mìng · life 将 (literal) → 将/將 · jiāng · [future] 就 (literal) → 就 · jiù · to approach 木 (literal) → 木 · mù · coffin

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

    created sense