氣若遊絲
qì​ruò​yóu​sī

at one's last gasp

  • created sense approved 气若游丝/氣若遊絲 · qì​ruò​yóu​sī · at one's last gasp — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    气若游丝 / 氣若遊絲

    qì​ruò​yóu​sī

    at one's last gasp

    dying; breath as weak as a strand of gossamer; on the verge of death

    气 (literal) → 气/氣 · qì · breath 若 (literal) → 若 · ruò · to seem 游丝 (literal) → 游丝/遊絲 · yóu​sī · gossamer

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

    created sense