gǒu yán cán chuǎn

Traditional: 苟延殘喘

苟延残喘 (gǒu yán cán chuǎn) is a Chinese word meaning “(idiom) to struggle on whilst at death's door”.

Meanings

  1. 1(idiom) to struggle on whilst at death's door

Characters in 苟延残喘

苟gǒu · (literary) if indeed延yán · to prolong残cán · to destroy喘chuǎn · to gasp

Related words

残忍cruel; merciless; ruthless残酷cruel; harsh; merciless喘to gasp拖延to delay残to destroy延长to prolong延长see 延長縣|延长县[Yan2 chang2 Xian4]延to prolong延surname Yan延续to continue残骸remains残留to remain; to be left over

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