cán​chuǎn

dying breath

  • created sense approved 残喘/殘喘 · cán​chuǎn · dying breath — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    残喘 / 殘喘

    cán​chuǎn

    dying breath

    the last few gasps of breath before death; a final lingering breath

    残 (literal) → 残/殘 · cán · remaining 喘 (literal) → 喘 · chuǎn · breath

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    created sense

  • created sense approved 残喘/殘喘 · cán​chuǎn · one's remaining years — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    残喘 / 殘喘

    cán​chuǎn

    one's remaining years

    (literary) a person's remaining life or old age, often used when asking for mercy or expressing a desire to live out one's final days in peace

    残 (literal) → 残/殘 · cán · remaining 喘 (literal) → 喘 · chuǎn · breath

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

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