吊鹽水 [－盐－]

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Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. (dialect) to put sb on an intravenous drip
Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. to be on a drip
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞、術語
    將液體​慢慢​打入​靜脈​，​如​生理​鹽水​、​葡萄糖​水​、​藥水​等
    to put on a drip; to administer intravenous fluids
  2. 動詞、術語
    引伸​指吊命
    figuratively, to be barely surviving
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb, verb-object
    to have intravenous saline infusion
  2. verb, broadly, informal, regional, verb-object
    to have an intravenous infusion; to be put on an IV; to be put on a drip
  3. verb, Cantonese, figuratively, verb-object
    to be barely surviving (often financially)