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残年
cán​nián

declining years

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  • 风烛残年 fēng​zhú​cán​nián 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 cán​nián​duǎn​jǐng end of the year
    (idiom) the final days of a year; the end of the year