时日无多

時日無多
shírìwúduō
idiom

Meanings

  1. 1 time is running out
  2. 2 not many days left
  3. 3 one's days are numbered

Examples

Yīshēng shuō tā shírìwúduō, yào hǎohǎo péipei jiārén.
The doctor said his days are numbered, so he should spend time with family.
Zhè jiā gōngsī shírìwúduō, yuángōng fēnfēn lízhí.
This company doesn't have much time left; employees are leaving one after another.

Tips

usage
Often used about a terminally ill person, but also applied figuratively to anything on the brink of collapse — a failing business, an aging product line, a doomed regime.
register
Sober and somewhat literary. In casual speech you'd hear (méi jǐ tiān le, 'only a few days left') instead.

Stroke Order

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