stiff and lifeless; dead and rigid
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesverb
to become stiff and lifeless; to die and become rigid
literaryLiterally describes a body stiffening after death. Also used metaphorically to describe systems, ideas, or relationships that have become completely rigid, unyielding, and non-functional.
Nà那
zhī只
xiǎo小
niǎo鸟
jiāng僵
sǐ死
zài在
xuě雪
dì地
lǐ里
。
That little bird lay stiff and dead in the snow.
Zhè这
tào套
zhì制
dù度
zǎo早
yǐ已
jiāng僵
sǐ死
，
wú无
fǎ法
shì适
yìng应
xīn新
shí时
dài代
de的
xū需
qiú求
。
This system has long been dead and rigid, unable to meet the needs of the new era.
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Tā他
men们
de的
hūn婚
yīn姻
guān关
xì系
zǎo早
yǐ已
jiāng僵
sǐ死
。
Their marital relationship has long been lifeless and rigid.