風燭殘年
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Chinese
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edit
]
candle
in the
wind
;
aged
;
declining
the
last
days
of the
year
; the
evening
of
life
;
declining
years
trad.
(
風燭殘年
)
風燭
殘年
simp.
(
风烛残年
)
风烛
残年
Pronunciation
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edit
]
Mandarin
(
Pinyin
)
:
fēngzhúcánnián
(
Zhuyin
)
:
ㄈㄥ ㄓㄨˊ ㄘㄢˊ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese
(
Jyutping
)
:
fung
1
zuk
1
caan
4
nin
4
Mandarin
(
Standard Chinese
)
+
Hanyu Pinyin
:
fēngzhúcánnián
Zhuyin
:
ㄈㄥ ㄓㄨˊ ㄘㄢˊ ㄋㄧㄢˊ
Tongyong Pinyin
:
fongjhúcánnián
Wade–Giles
:
fêng
1
-chu
2
-tsʻan
2
-nien
2
Yale
:
fēng-jú-tsán-nyán
Gwoyeu Romatzyh
:
fengjwutsarnnian
Palladius
:
фэнчжуцаньнянь
(fɛnčžucanʹnjanʹ)
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/fɤŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ t͡sʰän³⁵ ni̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
(
Standard Cantonese
,
Guangzhou
–
Hong Kong
)
+
Jyutping
:
fung
1
zuk
1
caan
4
nin
4
Yale
:
f
ū
ng j
ū
k chàahn nìhn
Cantonese Pinyin
:
fung
1
dzuk
7
tsaan
4
nin
4
Guangdong Romanization
:
fung
1
zug
1
can
4
nin
4
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/fʊŋ
⁵⁵
t͡sʊk̚⁵ t͡sʰaːn
²¹
niːn
²¹
/
Idiom
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]
風燭殘年
old
and
ailing
like a
candle
guttering
in the
wind
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