命在旦夕 — Chinese idiom
命在旦夕
mìng zài dàn xī
Meaning
- to be at death's door
Character by character
- 命mìnglife; destiny, fate, luck; an order, instruction
- 在zàiat, in, on; to exist; used to indicate the present
- 旦dàndawn; morning; day
- 夕xīevening, night, dusk; slanted
Idioms sharing a character
- 一命呜呼 yī mìng wū hū
- 一钱如命 yī qián rú mìng
- 亡命之徒 wáng mìng zhī tú
- 人命关天 rén mìng guān tiān
- 命中注定 mìng zhōng zhù dìng
- 命归黄泉 mìng guī Huáng quán
- 命途多舛 mìng tú duō chuǎn
- 嗜酒如命 shì jiǔ rú mìng
- 威尊命贱 wēi zūn mìng jiàn
- 安身立命 ān shēn lì mìng
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