风烛残年

fēngzhúcánnián

old and ailing like a candle guttering in the wind

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have one foot in the grave

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have one foot in the grave

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one's late days, to have one foot in the grave

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风烛残年

fēng zhú cán nián

The declining age is like a candle in the wind.; old and ailing like a candle guttering in the wind.; short time left for aged people; the decline of life; when life is burning low (in one) like the candle before the wind

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風燭殘年|风烛残年 [fēng zhú cán nián] ► one's late days ► to have one foot in the grave