almost dead(qī sǐ bā huó)

almost dead

Seven dead and eight alive, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Q ī s ǐ B ā Hu ó, which means as many lives and deaths, to describe suffering. From Master Zhang.

The origin of Idioms

In Yuan Dynasty, Wu Changling's "Zhang Tianshi" wedge: "today, I'm dead and alive. Fairy, you are there to repay kindness, clear harm kill Xiaosheng also

Idiom usage

To be in agony or on the verge of death. If you don't have human feelings, you'll be killed with the 100 sticks. The ninth chapter of Water Margin by Shi Naian in Ming Dynasty

Chinese PinYin : qī sǐ bā huó