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Open the tool →布袋里老鸦 (bù dài lǐ lǎo yā) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “Figuratively describes someone or something that is technically alive but appears lifeless, dull, or inactive, as if dead”.
布袋里老鸦 is pronounced bù dài lǐ lǎo yā in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 布袋里老鸦 means “a crow in a cloth bag”. It is used to mean “Figuratively describes someone or something that is technically alive but appears lifeless, dull, or inactive, as if dead”.
比喻虽然活着,但象死了一样。