苟延殘喘

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Chinese

if indeed; thoughtless to prolong; to extend; to delay
destroy; spoil; ruin
destroy; spoil; ruin; injure; cruel; oppressive; savage; incomplete; disabled
 
to gasp; to pant; asthma
trad. (苟延殘喘)
simp. (苟延残喘)

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Idiom

苟延殘喘

  1. to linger; to drag on one's feeble existence