To be on the brink of death
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is ch à s à Du à NW á ng, which means to serve the dead and donate life. It comes from Xunzi, the rich country.
The origin of Idioms
Xunzi · Fuguo: "therefore, benevolent people are the most important. The common people are as noble as the emperor and as close as their parents. Those who are happy to die for them have no other reason. What they are, what they get, and how much they benefit."
Idiom usage
To give one's life for death.
Chinese PinYin : chū sǐ duàn wáng
To be on the brink of death
study the past and foretell the future changes. jí wǎng zhī lái
undue delay may bring trouble. yè cháng mèng duō
something is better than nothing. liáo shèng yú wú
do something perfunctorily as a routing practice. gù shuò xì yáng
no one picks up what 's left by the wayside. dào bù shí yí
referring to the great fright of routed soldiers. fēng shēng hè lì