candle in the wind

candle in the wind

Holding a candle in the wind is a Chinese idiom. Its pronunciation is f ē ngzh ō NGB ǐ ngzh ú, which means that it is easy to extinguish with a candle in the wind. It refers to people who are near death or things that are about to perish. From the music hall of Zhangzhong village in Haimen.

Notes on Idioms

Holding a candle: holding a candle for lighting.

The origin of Idioms

The first fold of Yuan Wu Ming's Haimen Zhangzhong Village Music Hall: "I know everything about the world. My body is like holding a candle in the wind, and I feel sorry to see it floating on the water."

Idiom usage

As an object or attribute; of something about to die