聞見棺材香 (man4 gin3 gun1 coi4 hoeng1 | ) : have one foot in the grave

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聞見棺材香

man4 gin3 gun1 coi4 hoeng1

have one foot in the grave; on the threshold of death; very old and will die soon
[literal] can smell the odor of a coffin

Level: 3
This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵

聞見棺材香 / 闻见棺材香

This word has been viewed 1097 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by C Chiu on 20th Mar 2017 14:02

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聞 man4 man6 - hear; smell; news
見 gin3 jin6 - see; meet; view; show evidence of
棺 gun1 - coffin
材 coi4 - timber; building materials
香 hoeng1 - fragrant; aromatic

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