命在旦夕 mìng zài dàn xī 🔊 to be at death's door (idiom) + Keep this word Meanings mìng zài dàn xī to be at death's door (idiom) Its characters 命mìnglifeHSK 5在zàiat; in; to be (somewhere)HSK 1旦dàndawn; daybreak夕xīsunset; dusk