垂死 (chuí sǐ) — to be dying; moribund

Definition

Examples

• 那个病人已经垂死，医生也无能为力了。
  Nà ge bìng rén yǐ jīng chuí sǐ, yī shēng yě wú néng wéi lì le.
  That patient is already dying, and the doctors can do nothing.
• 这家老店生意越来越差，已经到了垂死的境地。
  Zhè jiā lǎo diàn shēng yì yuè lái yuè chà, yǐ jīng dào le chuí sǐ de jìng dì.
  This old shop's business is getting worse and worse, and it has reached a dying state.
• 他在战场上负了重伤，垂死之际被战友救了回来。
  Tā zài zhàn chǎng shàng fù le zhòng shāng, chuí sǐ zhī jì bèi zhàn yǒu jiù le huí lái.
  He was severely wounded on the battlefield, and at the point of death he was saved by his comrades.