The Chinese journey moves from characters to idioms. This free tool explores 「風中秉燭」, detailing its meaning and use.
Here, we present the idiom 「風中秉燭」. Below, you’ll find its explanation and examples of usage.
Bing: hold. A candle in the wind is easily extinguished. A metaphor for a person who is about to die or a thing that is about to perish.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
fēng zhōng bǐng zhú
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
fung1 jung3/jung1 bing2 juk1
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