風中燭
fēng​zhōng​zhú

candle in the wind

  • created sense approved 风中烛/風中燭 · fēng​zhōng​zhú · candle in the wind — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    风中烛 / 風中燭

    fēng​zhōng​zhú

    candle in the wind

    a candle flickering in the wind, used as a metaphor for a person of old age or precarious health who has little time left to live

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

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

    created sense