Progress in Chinese starts with characters, then words, finally idioms. Here’s a free look at 「淹淹一息」 and its explanation.
The featured idiom 「淹淹一息」 is explained here, including its meaning and how to use it.
Describes weak breathing and being on the verge of death. Same as “dying”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
yān yān yī xī
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
yim1 yim1 yat1 sik1
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