風中燭，瓦上霜
fēng​zhōng​zhú​wǎ​shàng​shuāng

on one's last legs

  • created sense approved 风中烛，瓦上霜/風中燭，瓦上霜 · fēng​zhōng​zhú​wǎ​shàng​shuāng · on one's last legs — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    风中烛，瓦上霜 / 風中燭，瓦上霜

    fēng​zhōng​zhú​wǎ​shàng​shuāng

    on one's last legs

    literally like a candle in the wind or frost on a roof tile; describes a person's life as being extremely fragile, feeble, or nearing its end

    风中烛 (literal) → 风中烛/風中燭 · fēng​zhōng​zhú · candle in the wind ， (non_chinese) 瓦 (literal) → 瓦 · wǎ · tile 上 (bound) → 上 · shang · on 霜 (literal) → 霜 · shuāng · frost

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

    created sense