風中之燭
fēng​zhōng​zhī​zhú

candle in the wind

  • created sense approved 风中之烛/風中之燭 · fēng​zhōng​zhī​zhú · candle in the wind — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    风中之烛 / 風中之燭

    fēng​zhōng​zhī​zhú

    candle in the wind

    literally a candle in the wind; used as an idiom to describe a person or thing at death's door, hanging by a thread, or likely to soon disappear

    风 (literal) → 风/風 · fēng · wind 中 (literal) → 中 · zhōng · middle 之 (literal) → 之 · zhī · [possessive] 烛 (literal) → 烛/燭 · zhú · candle

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

    created sense