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English

1. adj.; dying; weak breathing, barely able to breathe the correct way. Also metaphor for things in decay or decline, of impending doom.

Examples

• 他已经气息奄奄。

  He was nearing his end.

  Tatoeba · zhouj1955 CC BY

• 那個中了槍的人還沒有死，但卻已經奄奄一息了。

  The shooting victim is alive, but just barely.

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY