是让它苟延残喘地
“whether to let him”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
让我来决定
“made me decide”
是让它 苟延残喘 地
“whether to let him”
继续活下去
“linger on in pain,”
“Barely clinging to life like this might be worse than just ending it.”
The idiom conveys a sense of pathetic or undignified survival, often used in business or medical ethics when discussing whether to terminate hopeless operations.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to linger on one's last legs / to prolong a dying struggle
A vivid chengyu used pejoratively or tragically to describe struggling to survive without dignity or hope.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“they can cling to what little life they have left”
“and you had to try and survive,”
“I can help them keep playing.”
“you might at least be able to struggle and survive.”
“or make it disappear forever?”
“You're just clinging to your last breath.”