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From: MDBG CC-CEDICT Chinese-English Dictionary 漢英字典

 風中燭，瓦上霜 [ㄈㄥ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄓㄨˊ , ㄨㄚˇ ㄕㄤˋ ㄕㄨㄤ; feng1 zhong1 zhu2 , wa3 shang4 shuang1]
 lit. like a candle in the wind, or frost on the roof (idiom)
 fig. (of sb's life) feeble
 hanging on a thread
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