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熬干灯油

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Collocation

1
像熬干了灯似的
2
熬干了灯油
3
早就熬干灯油
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已经熬干灯油

Definition

熬干灯油

Literally means:

bum oil; exhaust.

Actually means:

It means burning up the oil in the . Metaphorically it means devoting one's life time or using up all his energy.

It also means one is coming to his end of life.

熬干灯油,用完中的油,它比喻付岀全部的努力或一生的精力。也指走到生命的尽头。

Example

Used as predicate or object, and can have other words in between. (作谓语、宾语,中间可插入别的词语)
1
de
qīn
父亲
shì
shāncūn
山村
jiàoshī
教师
  
,
chī
jìn
tou
苦头
  
,
āo
gàn
dēngyóu
灯油
  
,
hǎoróng
好不容易
cái
ràng
shàng
wán
le
xué
大学
  

My father is a mountain village teacher, he worked hard, dry lamp oil, it is not easy to let me finish college.

2
Zhùshūshuō
著书立说
bu
shì
róng
容易
de
shì
  
,
wèile
为了
xiě
chū
hǎo
shū
  
,
yǒude
有的
rén
shènzhì
甚至
āo
gàn
le
dēngyóu
  
,
fèijìn
费尽
le
xīn
心力
  

Writing a book is not an easy thing, in order to write a good book, some people even dry the lamp oil, painssing efforts.

3
Jiù
zài
zhè
tiān
de
li
夜里
  
,
zhào
lǎoshī
老师
de
shēngmìng
生命
zǒu
dào
liǎo
jìntóu
尽头
  
,
jiù
xiàng
āo
gàn
le
dēngyóu
灯油
yàng
一样
qiāoqiāo
悄悄
de
miè
熄灭
le
  

On this night, Mr. Zhao's life came to an end, as if dry light oil quietly extinguished.