气息奄奄 — Chinese idiom
气息奄奄
qì xī yǎn yǎn
Traditional: 氣息奄奄
Meaning
- to have only a breath of life
Character by character
- 气qìair, gas; steam, vapor; anger
- 息xīto end, to cease, to put a stop to; pause, breath,
- 奄yǎnto remain, to tarry; feeble
- 奄yǎnto remain, to tarry; feeble
Idioms sharing a character
- 一团和气 yī tuán hé qì
- 串通一气 chuàn tōng yī qì
- 勇气可嘉 yǒng qì kě jiā
- 和气生财 hé qì shēng cái
- 和气致祥 hé qì zhì xiáng
- 唉声叹气 āi shēng tàn qì
- 喜气洋洋 xǐ qì yáng yáng
- 嚣张气焰 xiāo zhāng qì yàn
- 垂头丧气 chuí tóu sàng qì
- 年轻气盛 nián qīng qì shèng
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