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比死人多一口气

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Collocation

1
比死人多一口气的植物人
2
只是比死人多一口气而已
3
只比死人多一口气

Definition

比死人多一口气:

Literally means:

compared to dead people, just breathe

Actually means:

It describes a person who is on the verge of death.

It also refers to someone who is incapable of anything or completely idle and useless.

指人虽然活着,却和死了差不多。也指一个人平庸无能,或无事可做,不能起任何作用。

Example

Used as predicate, object or attributive. (作谓语、宾语、定语)
1
Shǒushù
手术
hòu
以后
  
,
lǎo
老婆
tǎng
zài
chuáng
shàng
  
,
huáng
蜡黄
de
liǎn
脸色
tòu
zhāo
hēihuī
黑灰
  
,
zhī
rén
死人
duō
kǒu
一口气
  

After the operation, his wife lay in bed, her waxy face black and gray, only one breath more than the dead.

2
shì
zhírén
植物人
  
,
zhǐshì
只是
rén
死人
duō
kǒu
一口气
  
,
dànshì
但是
de
qīnrén
亲人
háishi
还是
méiyǒu
没有
fàng
放弃
努力
ràng
xǐng
苏醒
  

He was a planter, just one breather more than the dead, but his relatives didn't give up trying to revive him.

3
zhīsuǒ
之所以
biànchéng
变成
le
rén
死人
duō
kǒu
一口气
de
rén
  
,
shì
yīnwèi
因为
shòudào
受到
tài
duō
de
xiànzhì
限制
shù
束缚
  
,
ér
shi
yīnwèi
因为
méiyǒu
没有
běnshì
本事
  

He became a man who breathed more than the dead because he was so limited and bound, not because he had no ability.