hold one 's life on a precarious tenure

hold one 's life on a precarious tenure

The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is m à ngz à ID à nx à, which describes a very short time. He's dying. He'll die soon. It comes from the book for King Jian'an and generals written by Chen Zi'ang of Tang Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

In the book for the king of Jian'an and generals written by Chen Zi'ang of Tang Dynasty, it is said that "all the diseases and dropsy are fatal."

Idiom usage

In today's China, there are thousands of years of suffering and 400 trillion yuan of chronic diseases. They are very dangerous and their lives are at stake. Liang Qichao's appendix to Xinmin Shuo in Qing Dynasty

Analysis of Idioms

Life is in the morning and night