风烛残年 meaning in English
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
Examples
- He looks as though he has one foot in the grave .
他看来已风烛残年了。 - He looks as though he has one foot in the grave .
他看来已经风烛残年了。 - True, there were some old women .
的确，有些妇人已经风烛残年。 - Emerson at the extreme end of his life turned soft .
爱默生在风烛残年时心境趋于平和。 - I have a b.a., a debt of four thousand dollars, and a dying mother .
我有文学士学位，有四千块的债务，还有个风烛残年的母亲。