不绝如缕 (不絕如縷) bùjué rú lǚ

bùjué rú lǚ set phrase hanging by a thread; very precarious; almost extinct; (of sound) linger on faintly
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '不絕如縷')

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• 卷一百六十八 列傳第九十三 韋執誼 王叔文附:王伾　陸質　劉禹錫　柳宗元　程异 Volume 168 Biographies 93: Wang Zhiyi, Wang Shuwen and relative: Wang Pi, Lu Zhi, Liu Yuxi, Liu Zongyuan, Cheng Yi New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 1