再衰三竭 — Chinese idiom
再衰三竭
zài shuāi sān jié
Meaning
- weakening and close to exhaustion ; in terminal decline
- on one's last legs
Character by character
- 再zàiagain, twice, re-
- 衰shuāiweak, feeble; to decline, to falter
- 三sānthree
- 竭jiéto exhaust; to put forth great effort
Idioms sharing a character
- 再接再厉 zài jiē zài lì
- 再生父母 zài shēng fù mǔ
- 恩同再造 ēn tóng zài zào
- 时不再来 shí bù zài lái
- 东山再起 dōng shān zài qǐ
- 华佗再世 Huà Tuó zài shì
- 青春不再 qīng chūn bù zài
- 年老力衰 nián lǎo lì shuāi
- 一唱三叹 yī chàng sān tàn
- 一日三秋 yī rì sān qiū
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