半bun3條tiu4命meng6

English

1. half a life
2. only half alive
3. barely alive
4. (scared, beaten etc) half to death
5. used to suggest that someone is so sick or exhausted that they are half-dead or have one foot in the grave (literally 'half a life')unreviewed?

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 形容一個人病得好犀利，或者攰得好緊要，好似就嚟死噉unreviewed?

Examples

• unreviewed?

  得返半條人命

  to be half-dead; to have one foot in the grave (literally 'to have half a life remaining')

• unreviewed?

  個老人家病到得返半條人命，啱啱送咗入醫院，都唔知救唔救得返。

  The old man was so sick that he was on the verge of dying. He's in the hospital now, and there's no telling if he'll survive.

• unreviewed?

  今日公司好多嘢做，開OT開到四點，返到屋企已經得返半條人命。

  I got a lot of work at the office today and worked overtime until 4 a.m. When I got home, I was half-dead.