Characters
- 命 (命): life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc
- 在 (在): to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
- 旦 (旦): (literary) dawn; daybreak; dan, female role in Chinese opera (traditionally played by specialized male actors)
- 夕 (夕): dusk; evening; Taiwan pr. [xi4]
Resources
- Wiktionary: 命在旦夕
- MDBG: 命在旦夕
- Examples with 命在旦夕 on Tatoeba
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