advanced age with life hanging by a thread; one's remaining days
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun phrase
the last years of one's life; one's declining years; advanced age with life hanging by a thread
literaryAn idiom carrying a slightly literary and melancholic tone, emphasizing the fragility and impermanence of old age. It often describes a person who is very old and frail.
Xiǎng想
dào到
zì自
jǐ己
yǐ已
shì是
fēng风
zhú烛
cán残
nián年
，
tā他
bù不
jīn禁
gǎn感
kǎi慨
wàn万
qiān千
。
Thinking of himself as being in his declining years, he couldn't help but be filled with endless emotions.
Zhè这
wèi位
fēng风
zhú烛
cán残
nián年
de的
lǎo老
rén人
zhǐ只
xī希
wàng望
néng能
píng平
jìng静
de地
dù度
guò过
yú余
shēng生
。
This old man in his twilight years only hopes to spend the rest of his days in peace.
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Zài在
fēng风
zhú烛
cán残
nián年
zhī之
jì际
，
tā他
jiāng将
bì毕
shēng生
de的
jī积
xù蓄
juān捐
gěi给
le了
cí慈
shàn善
jī机
gòu构
。
In his last years, he donated his life savings to a charity.