死期

sǐ qī jiāng zhì

死期将至。

The hour of one's death is nigh.

suī rán bīng hé de xíng chéng hěn màn dàn shì yī dàn bīng yuán kāi shǐ wǎ jiě bīng hé de sǐ qī jiù bù yuǎn le

虽然冰河的形成很慢，但是一旦冰原开始瓦解，冰河的死期就不远了。

Although building of glaciers is slow, once an ice sheet begins to collapse, its demise can be spectacularly rapid.

rén néng ān pái zì jǐ de sǐ qī

人能安排自己的死期。

Man may allocate his own death.