风中之烛

Traditional: 風中之燭

fēng zhōng zhī zhú

Dictionary entry

lit. candle in the wind (idiom)

What does 风中之烛 mean?

风中之烛 (fēng zhōng zhī zhú) has the following dictionary meaning.

1lit. candle in the wind (idiom)

2fig. (of sb's life) feeble

3hanging on a thread

Character breakdown

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风fēngwind · news 中Zhōng(bound form) China; Chinese · surname Zhong 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) · him 烛zhúcandle · (literary) to illuminate

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How to pronounce 风中之烛

风中之烛

fēng zhōng zhī zhú

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