風燭

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

classifiers: 陣, 絲
=1 風 fèng
  1. (obsolete) to blow; to fan
  2. (obsolete) to influence; to reform a misguided person through persuasion
  3. to blow; to fan
  4. to influence; to reform a misguided person through persuasion
=1 風 fěng
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 諷 /讽 (fěng, “to advise in mild tone and indirect manner”)
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 諷 /讽 (fěng, “to criticize; to mock; to ridicule; to satire”)
  3. alternative form of 諷 /讽 (fěng, “to advise in mild tone and indirect manner”)
  4. alternative form of 諷 /讽 (fěng, “to criticize; to mock; to ridicule; to satire”)
2 燭 zhú
  1. candle
  2. (literary) to illuminate

Containing this entry

風燭殘年 fēngzhúcánnián
  1. one's late days
  2. to have one foot in the grave