不绝如缕

Traditional: 不絕如縷

bù jué rú lǚ

Dictionary entry

hanging by a thread

What does 不绝如缕 mean?

不绝如缕 (bù jué rú lǚ) has the following dictionary meaning.

1hanging by a thread

2very precarious

3almost extinct

4(of sound) linger on faintly

Character breakdown

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不bùno; not so · (bound form) not; un-绝juéto cut short · extinct 如rúas · as if 缕lǚstrand · thread

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不绝如缕

bù jué rú lǚ

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