吊diu3命meng6

English

1. when one's life is hanging on a thread, relying on something like medicine to extend one's life; to be on the verge of just being able to survive with the help of something (such as money or medicine)
2. to struggle to sustain one's life with medication, water, food, etc.unreviewed?
3. (figurative) to survive on something providing a source of income and sustain a barely tolerable standard of living, especially when under poor economic conditionsunreviewed?

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 身體虛弱到就嚟死咁濟，靠藥物、水、食糧等等嘅資源嚟維持生命unreviewed?
2. 引申為經濟條件好差，有咗某啲嘢提供收入來源，先可以維持最基本嘅生活水平unreviewed?

Examples

• unreviewed?

  佢成個禮拜冇食過嘢，淨係靠鹽水嚟吊命。

  He hasn't eaten anything for a week; his entire life depended on an IV drip.

• unreviewed?

  佢冇埋份洗碗工之後，就一路都靠綜援吊命。

  Since he lost his dishwasher job, he's been living on government allowance.

• unreviewed?

  我通咗兩晚頂，仲未趕好晒啲稿，而家靠咖啡嚟吊命。

  After pulling two all-nighters, I still haven't finished writing my articles. Coffee is now my only source of energy. ----