奄奄一息 meaning in English
dying; at one's last gasp
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Meaning of 奄奄一息
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
yǎnyǎnyīxī
- dying
- at one's last gasp
奄奄一息 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
那个中了枪的人还没有死，但却已经奄奄一息了。
The shooting victim is alive, but just barely.
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奄 yǎn · to remain · 8 strokes
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奄 yǎn · to remain · 8 strokes
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一 yī · one · 1 strokes
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息 xī · to end · 10 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 奄奄一息.
| 一起 | yīqǐ | (in) the same place; together; in company (with) |
| 一样 | yīyàng | same; like |
| 一些 | yīxiē | some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er |
| 休息 | xiūxi | rest; to rest |
| 一会儿 | yīhuìr | a moment; a while |
| 一半 | yībàn | half |
| 一边 | yībiān | one side; either side |
| 一点儿 | yīdiǎnr | erhua variant of 一點|一点[yi1 dian3] |
| 一块儿 | yīkuàir | erhua variant of 一塊|一块[yi1 kuai4] |
| 一下儿 | yīxiàr | erhua form of 一下[yi1 xia4] |
| 有一些 | yǒuyīxiē | somewhat; rather |
| 一定 | yīdìng | surely; certainly; definitely; fixed; settled |
Questions about 奄奄一息
What does 奄奄一息 mean?
奄奄一息 (yǎnyǎnyīxī) means "dying; at one's last gasp".
How do you write 奄奄一息?
奄奄一息 is made of 4 characters: 奄 (8 strokes), 奄 (8 strokes), 一 (1 strokes), 息 (10 strokes). That is 27 strokes in total.