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奄奄 (jim1 jim1) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

奄奄 (jim1 jim1, yǎn yǎn) — adj.; dying; weak breathing, barely able to breathe the correct way. Also metaphor for things in decay or decline, of impending doom.

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beyond HSK

Related words

• 奄尖 (jim2 zim1) — picky (spoken)
• 奄悶 (jim2 mun6) — adj; boring, depressed mood, lack of energy
• 奄乾 (jim1 gon1) — to be squeezed dry bit by bit; to suffer many small losses, eventually amountin…
• 奄尖聲悶 (jim1 zim1 seng1 mun6) — to be very choosy and particular [colloquial]
• 奄 (jim1) — feeble; very weak; half dead
• 奄 (jim2) — suddenly; abruptly; hastily; to cover; to surround

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