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风中之烛

fēng zhōng zhī zhú

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Definitions

  1. 1. lit. candle in the wind (idiom)
  2. 2. fig. (of sb's life) feeble
  3. 3. hanging on a thread

Child Words of 风中之烛

中
zhōng

within

风
fēng

wind

烛
zhú

candle

之
zhī

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de])

中
zhòng

to hit (the mark)