風中殘燭
fēng​zhōng​cán​zhú

at death's door

  • created reference approved 风中残烛/風中殘燭 → 风烛残年/風燭殘年 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    风中残烛 / 風中殘燭 fēng​zhōng​cán​zhú

    风烛残年 / 風燭殘年 fēng​zhú​cán​nián

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 风中残烛/風中殘燭 · fēng​zhōng​cán​zhú · at death's door — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    风中残烛 / 風中殘燭

    fēng​zhōng​cán​zhú

    at death's door

    old and ailing; a metaphor for an elderly person in failing health who has not long to live, like a flickering candle in the wind

    风 (literal) → 风/風 · fēng · wind 中 (literal) → 中 · zhōng · middle 残 (literal) → 残/殘 · cán · remaining 烛 (literal) → 烛/燭 · zhú · candle

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

    created sense