fēng zhōng zhī zhú
Traditional: 風中之燭
风中之烛 (fēng zhōng zhī zhú) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. candle in the wind (idiom); fig. (of sb's life) feeble; hanging on a thread”.
Meanings
- 1lit. candle in the wind (idiom)
- 2fig. (of sb's life) feeble
- 3hanging on a thread
Characters in 风中之烛
Related words
中within; among; in中to hit (a target)中(bound form) China; Chinese之(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])之前before之后after; behind之间(after a noun) between; among; amid其中among中心center; heart; core之一one of (sth)高中senior high school (abbr. for 高級中學|高级中学[gao1 ji2 zhong1 xue2])高中to pass brilliantly (used in congratulatory fashion)