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lit. candle in the wind (idiom) · fig. (of sb's life) feeble · hanging on a thread

风中之烛
fēng zhōng zhī zhú
f+ēng·1st tonezh+ōng·1st tonezh+ī·1st tonezh+ú·2nd tone
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one's late days · to have one foot in the grave风烛残年fēng zhú cán niándecrepit and behind the times; old; useless · (humble) I; me (used by the elderly)老朽lǎo xiǔ