风中之烛 in English feng1 zhong1 zhi1 zhu2 Meaning

Meanings

  • literally (word for word) candle in the wind (idiomatic expression)
  • metaphorically (of somebody's life) feeble
  • hanging on a thread

Simplified Characters

风 中 之 烛

Traditional Characters

風 中 之 燭

Pinyin

feng1 zhong1 zhi1 zhu2

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

风feng1wind 中zhong1China 之zhi1(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) 烛zhu2candle