DYING, pronunciation: yǎn yǎn yī xī, Chinese idiom. Definition: 奄奄: describes the weak breath. One breath: Breath, the breath in and out from the lungs. Describes approaching death. It also refers to the imminent demise, annihilation or destruction of something. It also describes a person with weak breath and approaching death.
Usage
Formal; used as predicate, attributive, complement; neutral word.
Example
Lu Xun's "Collection Supplements from Collection: Enemies of Poetry": "But opera has not yet sprouted, but poetry is already dying."
Hoda " "Muslim Funeral" Chapter 11: "The rescue team members wore steel helmets, wielded iron hooks and shovels, and searched for the dying victims from under the collapsed buildings."
Ba Jin's "Talking about Cold Night" >》: "My son was only fifteen or sixteen years old at the time. He was lying on a bed near the kitchen and was already dying."
Synonyms
dying, critical, critical, precarious, There is no time to wait, no time to worry, listless, precarious, in danger, dying, life is in danger, crumbling, lifeless, declining
Antonyms
vibrant, vigorous, vigorous, thriving, Lifelike
English translation
at one's last gasp; on the blink; on the verge of death
Example: The poor man is already dying.
The poor man is withering away.