half-dead

half-dead

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is B à ns à L à Hu ó, meaning to die but not to die, to live and suffer. The source is "half dead and half alive".

Idiom explanation

To die and not to die, to live and suffer.

The origin of Idioms

See also half dead and half alive.

Idiom usage

If you run for a few steps, you may lose your step and fall like mud, so that you will not suffer. The seventh and fifth chapter of marriage story

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: half dead antonym: alive