残年 cánnián declining years Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 风烛残年 fēngzhúcánnián declining years one's late years in life; to have one foot in the grave; an idiom describing old age that is weak and frail, like a candle flickering in the wind残年短景 cánniánduǎnjǐng end of the year (idiom) the final days of a year; the end of the year