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
candle in the wind
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