风中之烛 — Chinese idiom
风中之烛
fēng zhōng zhī zhú
Traditional: 風中之燭
Meaning
- lit. candle in the wind
- fig. (of sb's life) feeble
- hanging on a thread
Character by character
- 风fēngwind; air; customs, manners; news
- 中zhōngcentral; center, middle; amidst; to hit (target),
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of following ph
- 烛zhúcandle, taper; to illuminate, to shine
Idioms sharing a character
- 一帆风顺 yī fān fēng shùn
- 一路顺风 yī lù shùn fēng
- 世风日下 shì fēng rì xià
- 乘风破浪 chéng fēng pò làng
- 伤风败俗 shāng fēng bài sú
- 光风霁月 guāng fēng jì yuè
- 两袖清风 liǎng xiù qīng fēng
- 只欠东风 zhǐ qiàn dōng fēng
- 叱咤风云 chì zhà fēng yún
- 呼风唤雨 hū fēng huàn yǔ
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