{"path":"/entry/96287","title":"行将就木 / 行將就木 (xíng jiāng jiù mù) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"行将就木 / 行將就木 (xíng jiāng jiù mù): to approach one's coffin (idiom) · with one foot in the grave. Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":96287,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["行将就木"],"TRADITIONAL":["行將就木"]}},"phonetic":"xíng jiāng jiù mù","phoneticKey":"xing2 jiang1 jiu4 mu4","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"to approach one's coffin ","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]},{"dim":true,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"(idiom)","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]},{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"with one foot in the grave","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"additional":[],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[],"pos":["VERB"],"frequency":null,"grammar":[],"spokenPhonetic":null},"otherReadings":[],"examples":[],"carriedReadings":[],"constructions":[],"status":null,"due":null,"reps":null,"lapses":null,"lastReview":null,"senses":[],"origins":[{"literal":"to enter the coffin soon","content":[],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"将适齐，谓季隗曰：「待我二十五年，不来而后嫁。」对曰：「我二十五年矣，又如是而嫁，则就木焉。请待子。」","traditional":"將適齊，謂季隗曰：「待我二十五年，不來而後嫁。」對曰：「我二十五年矣，又如是而嫁，則就木焉。請待子。」"},"phonetic":"Jiāng shì Qí, wèi Jìwěi yuē: “Dài wǒ èrshíwǔ nián, bù lái ér hòujià.” Duì yuē: “Wǒ èrshíwǔ nián yǐ, yòu rúshì ér jià, zé jiùmù yān. Qǐng dài zǐ.”","english":"Before Chong'er (later Duke Wen of Jin) left for Qi, he said to Jikui (his wife) \"Please wait me for 25 years. If I don't come back, you can marry another man.\" Jikui replied, \"I'm now 25 years old now. If it's like that (after 25 years), I'll be entering the coffin very soon when I marry another man. Please let me wait for you.\"","ref":"Commentary of Zuo, c. 4ᵗʰ century BCE"}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}