风中烛，瓦上霜
Traditional form:
風中燭，瓦上霜
Pinyin (reading):
fēngzhōngzhú,wǎshàngshuāng
Definitions:
- lit. like a candle in the wind, or frost on the roof (idiom)
- fig. (of sb's life) feeble
- hanging on a thread
Characters:
- 风 - wind; air; customs, manners; news
- 中 - central; center, middle; amidst; to hit (target), to attain; China; Chinese
- 烛 - candle, taper; to illuminate, to shine
- 瓦 - tile; pottery, earthenware
- 上 - above, on top, superior; to go up; to attend; previous
- 霜 - frost; frozen, crystallized, candied
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