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半截子入土

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Collocation

1
大半截子入土
2
都半截子入土
3
半截子入土的人了

Definition

伴君如伴虎

Literally means:

have one foot in the grave

Actually means:

According to the Chinese tradition, a dead person is buried in the earth. It figuratively means one is getting old and his days are numbered.

按中国的传统人死了以后要埋到地下。这里比喻人年纪大了,活的时间不长了。

Example

Used as predicate or attributive. (作谓语、定语)
1
shí
五十
duō
suì
le
  
,
ànzhào
按照
zhōngguó
中国
rén
de
shuō
说法
shì
jīng
已经
bànjié
半截
入土
le
  

He is in his 50s and, according to Chinese, is half-cut into the earth.

2
jìng
毕竟
shì
bànjié
半截子
入土
de
rén
  
,
sānshí
三十几
nián
qián
de
shì
dìng
一定
xiǎng
de
lai
起来
  

After all, he is a half-cut into the earth, thirty years ago things do not necessarily remember.

3
men
你们
shí
十几
suì
  
,
jīng
已经
bàn
大半
jié
截子
入土
le
  
,
méiyǒu
没有
jīng
精力
zài
gēn
men
你们
hào
xià
下去
le
  

I'm a teenager more than you, I'm half way into the earth, and I don't have the energy to spend with you anymore.