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风中烛，瓦上霜
fēng zhōng zhú , wǎ shàng shuāng
What 风中烛，瓦上霜 means
- lit. like a candle in the wind, or frost on the roof (idiom)
- fig. (of sb's life) feeble
- hanging on a thread
The characters in 风中烛，瓦上霜
- 风fēngwind; news; style
- 中zhōngwithin; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during
- 烛zhúcandle; (literary) to illuminate
- 瓦wǎroof tile; abbr. for 瓦特
- 上shàng(bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb…
- 霜shuāngfrost; white powder or cream spread over a surface; frosting
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