风烛残年
fēng​zhú​cán​nián

declining years

  • created sense approved 风烛残年/風燭殘年 · fēng​zhú​cán​nián · declining years — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    风烛残年 / 風燭殘年

    fēng​zhú​cán​nián

    declining years

    one's late years in life; to have one foot in the grave; an idiom describing old age that is weak and frail, like a candle flickering in the wind

    风烛 (literal) → 风烛/風燭 · fēng​zhú · old and ailing 残年 (literal) → 残年/殘年 · cán​nián · declining years

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