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风烛残年风中残烛；风前残烛；风中之烛；风烛草霜fēng zhú cán niánat the flickering stage of one’s life; have one foot in the grave; not much time left for one who is aged; the lees (/evening) of life;old and ailing like a candle guttering in the wind; on one’s last legs
❍ 他已～，心有余而力不足啊！ He’s already had one foot in the grave. Therefore he is unable to do what he wants very much to do.
❍ 何芸、欧阳平搀着梅林从中门上。梅林还只有五十多岁，但看上去已经是～了，一头银丝，一脸皱纹，枯瘦的身子，连迈步都极困难了。(宗福先《于无声处》10) Yun and Ping help Mei Lin in. Though only in her fifties,she looks old and frail,her hair white,her face lined,She walks with difficulty. 风烛残年old and ailing like a candle guttering in the wind; have one foot in the grave; one’s days are numbered 风烛残年fēnɡ zhú cán nián风烛：风中飘摇不定的蜡烛；残年：残余的年月。比喻人已到了老年。old and ailing like a candle guttering in the wind, on one’s last legs, have one foot in the grave |