行将就木 (xíng jiāng jiù mù) | Meaning: to approach one's coffin (idiom); with one foot in the grave | Chinese Idiom with Pinyin & Origin

lit. withered trees and rotten stumps (idiom) · fig. decayed strength or useless old people; something worthless or decrepit枯木朽株kū mù xiǔ zhū

to have only a breath of life (idiom)气息奄奄qì xī yǎn yǎn

to be critically ill · to be terminally ill病危bìng wēi

aged年老nián lǎo

lit. the disease has attacked the vitals (idiom); fig. beyond cure · the situation is hopeless病入膏肓bìng rù gāo huāng

to approach one's coffin (idiom); with one foot in the grave