风烛

風燭
fēngzhú
  1. (figuratively) aged (of someone); declining (of something)
  2. (literally) candle in the wind
  3. aged (of someone); declining (of something)
  4. candle in the wind

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

1 风 fēng
  1. wind
  2. news
  3. style
  4. custom
  5. manner

classifiers: 陣, 絲
2 烛 zhú
  1. candle
  2. (literary) to illuminate

Containing this entry

风烛残年 fēngzhúcánnián
  1. one's late days
  2. to have one foot in the grave