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命在旦夕

mìng zài dàn xī

4-character word

What 命在旦夕 means

1. to be at death's door (idiom)

The characters in 命在旦夕

• 命mìnglife; fate; order or command
• 在zàito exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at…
• 旦dàn(literary) dawn; daybreak; dan, female role in Chinese opera…
• 夕xī(bound form) sunset; dusk; (bound form) evening; night; Taiwan pr. xì

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