at the gate of death(yān yān yī xī)

at the gate of death

Drowning, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ā NY ā NY ī x ī, which means breathing weakly and dying. From scholars.

The origin of Idioms

Chapter 15 of scholars: "Mr. Ma Er was so surprised that he rushed upstairs to the room to have a look. He was drowned and couldn't lift his head."

Analysis of Idioms

On the verge of death

Idiom usage

As a predicate, attributive, adverbial; refers to near death.

Chinese PinYin : yān yān yī xī