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风中烛，瓦上霜
fēng zhōng zhú , wǎ shàng shuāng
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Definitions
- 1. lit. like a candle in the wind, or frost on the roof (idiom)
- 2. fig. (of sb's life) feeble
- 3. hanging on a thread