行将就木 — Chinese idiom
行将就木
xíng jiāng jiù mù
Traditional: 行將就木
Meaning
- to approach one's coffin ; with one foot in the grave
Character by character
- 行xíngto go, to walk, to move; professional
- 将jiāngthe future, what will be; ready, prepared; a gener
- 就jiùjust, simply; to go to; to approach, near
- 木mùtree; wood, lumber; wooden
Idioms sharing a character
- 一意孤行 yī yì gū xíng
- 一目十行 yī mù shí háng
- 一言一行 yī yán yī xíng
- 三思而行 sān sī ér xíng
- 上行下效 shàng xíng xià xiào
- 不虚此行 bù xū cǐ xíng
- 事怕行家 shì pà háng jiā
- 令行禁止 lìng xíng jìn zhǐ
- 倒行逆施 dào xíng nì shī
- 功完行满 gōng wán xíng mǎn
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