A dream can long survive in the bottom of my heart! To be at one's last gasp.

一个梦能在心底存活多久！才能奄奄一息地死去。

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When the famine years in yellow, the parents are old and sick, and not have enough for food and clothing, sick in bed, be at one's last gasp.

那时连年灾荒，黄花的父母年老多病，加上缺衣少食，病在床上，奄奄一息。

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