奄奄一息
“and were on the verge of death.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
陷入深不见底的黑暗之中
“They plunged into a bottomless darkness”
奄奄一息
“and were on the verge of death.”
在恐惧 饥饿与绝望之际
“Amidst fear, hunger, and despair,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Four-character idioms like 'yan yan yi xi' are standard literary devices across Chinese literature and film narration to evoke stark, cinematic imagery concisely.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
gasping for breath; on the verge of death; at the end of one's rope
A literary four-character idiom (chengyu) used for narrating critical medical or survival extremes.