可仍有一息尚存
“I still had a breath left.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Although I passed out from being burned,”
可仍有 一息尚存
“I still had a breath left.”
官府的人以为我死了
“The government officials thought I was dead”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In historical and dramatic genres, characters frequently use classical idioms like '一息尚存' to add weight and gravity to their life-and-death experiences.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
as long as one breath remains; still barely alive
A classic four-character idiom describing hanging onto life or persevering to the very last breath.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“there might still be a chance of survival.”
“barely alive,”
“As long as I still have a breath left,”
“you might at least be able to struggle and survive.”