转烛
zhuǎn​zhú

flickering candle in the wind

  • created sense approved 转烛/轉燭 · zhuǎn​zhú · flickering candle in the wind — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    转烛 / 轉燭

    zhuǎn​zhú

    flickering candle in the wind

    (literary) A candle flame swaying and flickering in the wind; used as a metaphor for the rapid passage of time or the unpredictable and changing nature of worldly affairs.

    转 (literal) → 转/轉 · zhuàn · to rotate 烛 (bound) → 烛/燭 · zhú · candle

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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