Where does “餓死線” come from?

餓死線 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 線 — line; level; beam.

餓死線 (Japanese): the brink of starving to death

Definitions

  1. the brink of starving to death

Ancestry of “餓死線”, step by step

餓死線 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseline; level; beam

via Japanese 餓死

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese餓死starvation
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