yǎn​yǎn​yī​xī

dying

奄奄一息 yǎn​yǎn​yī​xī
dying idiom
on the verge of death; at one's last gasp

After several consecutive days of searching, people finally found a survivor on the brink of death under the ruins.

Frequency

Movie subtitles
1.94 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
1.53 per million

Sources

Definitions
CC-CEDICT