命不久已
mìng bù jiǔ yǐ
Pinyin
Definition
命不久已
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- at death's door
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一不做,二不休
- 1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
- 2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
- 3 in for a penny, in for a pound
一命呜呼
- 1 to die (idiom)
- 2 to breathe one's last
- 3 to give up the ghost
一问三不知
- 1 lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom)
- 2 fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on
- 3 complete ignorance
一尘不染
- 1 untainted by even a speck of dust (idiom); selfless and incorruptible
- 2 spotless
一夔已足
- 1 one talented person is enough for the job (idiom)