命在旦夕

mìng zài dàn xī

释义

1. to be at death's door (idiom)

命在旦夕 的构成词

• 命 mìng: life
• 在 zài: to exist; to be alive
• 夕 xī: Taiwan pr. [xì]
• 旦 dàn: (literary) dawn; daybreak