Chinese study involves characters, phrases, and idioms. This resource introduces 「風燭殘年」 as part of advanced learning. Explanation below.
Learn about the idiom 「風燭殘年」: its definition and how it’s used are detailed here.
Wind candle: a candle blown by the wind, easily extinguished; remaining years: the remaining years, referring to the not long left in the world. It is a metaphor for a person reaching old age and being close to death.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
fēng zhú cán nián
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
fung1 juk1 chaan4 nin4
Chinese idioms are incredibly numerous, each carrying a special meaning and usage. This variety is a great reason to study them, and we hope these tools make that easier for you.
