風燭
fēng​zhú

old and ailing

  • created reference approved 风烛/風燭 → 风灯/風燈 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    风烛 / 風燭 fēng​zhú

    风灯 / 風燈 fēng​dēng

    same_as

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

    created reference

  • created reference approved 风烛/風燭 → 风中烛/風中燭 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    风烛 / 風燭 fēng​zhú

    风中烛 / 風中燭 fēng​zhōng​zhú

    same_as

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 风烛/風燭 · fēng​zhú · old and ailing — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    风烛 / 風燭

    fēng​zhú

    old and ailing

    (idiom) literally a candle in the wind; used to describe an elderly person in poor health or at death's door

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

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

    created sense