an utterly worthless person; a walking corpse (/skeleton); be all but dead; dead-alive person; one’s life is a living death
❍ 那叫什么生活！没有灵魂的～！ (杨沫《青春之歌》42) The kind of life I’ve turned my back on has no spiritual value at all.It’s a living death!
行尸走肉
walking corpse; zombies; utterly worthless person
行尸走肉xínɡ shī zǒu ròu
肉：指没有灵魂的肉体。比喻庸碌无能、无所作为的人。an utterly worthless person, one who vegetates