Nà cì shǒushù ràng tā zài guǐménguān qián páihuái le hǎo jǐ tiān.
That surgery left her hovering at death's door for several days.
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In Chinese folk belief, 鬼门关 is the gate through which the dead pass into the underworld. The expression 走了一遭鬼门关 (made a trip to the gates of hell) is widely used to describe surviving a near-death experience.
