鬼門關 [－门关]

Jyutping gwai2 mun4 gwaan1
Pinyin guǐ mén guān

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. the gates of hell
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 名詞
    中國民間​傳​説​入​面​，​通往​陰​間​嘅​大​門​；​（​量​詞​:​個​）
    the gate of hell
  2. 名詞
    比喻​令人​有​生命​危​險​嘅​環​境
    dangerous spot
    • 叉咗半隻腳入鬼門關
      叉咗半只脚入鬼门关
      caa1 zo2 bun3 zek3 goek3 jap6 gwai2 mun4 gwaan1
      on the verge of death
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun, figuratively
    danger spot
  2. noun
    gate of hell
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    每年嘅农历七月就系阴间鬼门关大开嘅时候。
    每年嘅農曆七月就係陰間鬼門關大開嘅時候。
    mui5 nin4 ge3 nung4 lik6 cat1 jyut6 zau6 hai6 jam1 gaan1 gwai2 mun4 gwaan1 daai6 hoi1 ge3 si4 hau6.
    • The realm of the world of the dead opens in the seventh lunar month every year.
  2. Cantonese
    叉咗半只脚入鬼门关
    叉咗半隻腳入鬼門關
    caa1 zo2 bun3 zek3 goek3 jap6 gwai2 mun4 gwaan1
    • on the verge of death
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    另外，我还计划给医护人员送一面大大的锦旗。是他们把我从鬼门关里拉回来，对我来讲，他们就是我的再生父母。
    另外，我還計劃給醫護人員送一面大大的錦旗。是他們把我從鬼門關里拉回來，對我來講，他們就是我的再生父母。
    lìng wài ， wǒ hái jì huà gěi yī hù rén yuán sòng yī miàn dà dà de jǐn qí ． shì tā men bǎ wǒ cóng guǐ mén guān lǐ lā huí lái ， duì wǒ lái jiǎng ， tā men jiù shì wǒ de zài shēng fù mǔ ．
    • Also, I plan to give a banner to the hospital staff. It was them who took me back from death's door; to me, they are my saviors.