lit. candle in the wind (idiom); fig. (of sb's life) feeble; hanging on a thread
trad. 風中之燭
Also written 風中之燭【fēng zhōng zhī zhú】
Characters in this word
4风
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wind, news, style, custom, manner, CL:陣|阵[zhen4],絲|丝[si1]
- Pinyin
- fēng
- Traditional
- 風
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 2842 of 2500
中
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(bound form) China; Chinese, surname Zhong
- Pinyin
- Zhōng
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 147 of 2500
之
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(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]), him, her, it
- Pinyin
- zhī
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 475 of 2500
烛
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candle, (literary) to illuminate
- Pinyin
- zhú
- Traditional
- 燭
- Strokes
- 10