不绝如缕

Traditional form:

不絕如縷

Pinyin (reading):

bùjuérúlü

Definitions:

• hanging by a thread
• very precarious
• almost extinct
• (of sound) linger on faintly

Characters:

• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 绝 - to cut, to sever; to break off, to terminate
• 如 - as, as if, like, such as, supposing
• 缕 - strand, thread; detailed, precise

Traditional characters:

• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 絕 - to cut, to sever; to break off, to terminate
• 如 - as, as if, like, such as, supposing
• 縷 - strand, thread; detailed, precise