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再衰三竭

zài shuāi sān jiédictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
weakening and close to exhaustion (idiom) / in terminal decline / on one's last legs
Sources & editorial notes

Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-9368c91fa748ad01. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

再衰三竭 再衰三竭 [zai4 shuai1 san1 jie2] /weakening and close to exhaustion (idiom); in terminal decline/on one's last legs/

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Reference information

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Character information

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  • 再
    zài

    again / once more / re- / further / beyond this point of time / (before an adjective) more / then (after sth, and not until then) / no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) 也[yě] or 都[dōu] for emphasis) / (used to introduce additional information, as in 再則|再则[zài zé], 再就是[zài jiù shì] etc) / (literary) to reappear / to reoccur

  • 衰
    cuī

    See the full entry for source details.

    shuāi

    (bound form) to decay / to decline / to wane

  • 三
    sān

    three / 3

    Sān

    surname San

  • 竭
    jié

    to exhaust

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.