◎風(fēng)燭殘年fēngzhú-cánnián
[in one's declining years;at the flickering stage of one's life;have one foot in the grave;old and ailing is like a candle guttering in the wind] 風(fēng)中之燭易滅。喻指老人的殘年，不久于世
只這風(fēng)燭殘年，沒的倒是眼淚倒回去，望肚子里流。——《兒女英雄傳》
(好工具)形容人已衰老，不久于世的晚年。