风烛残年
Traditional form:
風燭殘年
Pinyin (reading):
fēngzhúcánnián
Definitions:
- one's late days
- to have one foot in the grave
Characters:
- 风 - wind; air; customs, manners; news
- 烛 - candle, taper; to illuminate, to shine
- 残 - to injure, to ruin, to spoil; cruel, oppressive, savage; disabled, incomplete
- 年 - year; anniversary; a person's age
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