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Chinese
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to hang (down); droop; dangle to hang (down); droop; dangle; bend down; hand down; bequeath; nearly; almost; to approach |
to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid |
| trad. (垂死)
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垂
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死
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| simp. #(垂死)
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垂
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死
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Pronunciation
Verb
垂死
- to be moribund; to be dying
取判鋪背上，以大杖擊二十，垂死，輿來庭中。
取判铺背上，以大杖击二十，垂死，舆来庭中。 - From: 814, Liu Zongyuan (柳宗元),《段太尉逸事狀》, translated by Yang Xianyi and Gladys Yang
- Qǔ pàn pū bèi shàng, yǐ dà zhàng jī èrshí, chuísǐ, yú lái tíng zhōng.
- He snatched up the judgment and spread it on the peasant's back, then gave him twenty strokes with a great cudgel. The man was carried, half dead, to Duan's office.
垂死病中驚坐起，暗風吹雨入寒窗。
垂死病中惊坐起，暗风吹雨入寒窗。 - From: c. 815, Yuan Zhen (元稹),《聞樂天授江州司馬》, translated by Stephen Owen
- Chuísǐ bìng zhōng jīng zuòqǐ, àn fēng chuī yǔ rù hánchuāng.
- In sickness and drawing close to death, I sat straight up in alarm—
in the dark the wind was blowing rain into my cold window.