油干灯草尽 — “To be at one's last gasp”
油干灯草尽 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to be at one's last gasp”. To be near death, like a lamp running out of oil and its wick burning down. Literally, “Oil runs out and the lampwick is exhausted”.
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油干灯草尽 Pronunciation and Pinyin
油干灯草尽 Character Breakdown
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老人的身体状况一天不如一天，大家都知道他已经是油干灯草尽了。
The old man's health was deteriorating day by day; everyone knew he was like a lamp whose oil had run dry and wick was exhausted.
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Open the tool →Questions about 油干灯草尽
What does 油干灯草尽 mean?
油干灯草尽 (yóu gān dēng cǎo jìn) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to be at one's last gasp”.
How do you pronounce 油干灯草尽?
油干灯草尽 is pronounced yóu gān dēng cǎo jìn in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 油干灯草尽 literally mean?
Literally, 油干灯草尽 means “Oil runs out and the lampwick is exhausted”. It is used to mean “to be at one's last gasp”.
What is the Chinese definition of 油干灯草尽?
比喻很快就要死亡。