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彌留之際

简 弥留之际 · 繁 彌留之際
Mandarin · pinyin mí liú zhī jì

Meanings

  1. on one's deathbed
  2. at the point of death
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Characters in this entry

彌
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留
liú · stop, halt; stay, detain, keep
之
zhī · marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to
際
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弥
mí · extensive, full; fill; complete
际
jì · border, boundary, juncture
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Mandarin tones

2–2–1–4 · mi2 liu2 zhi1 ji4

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nei4 lau4 zi1 zai3

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phrase

  1. (idiomatic) When one is ill and on one's deathbed.

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