风烛残年

Explanation: Wind candle: the candle by the wind, easily extinguished; evening of life: the remnants of years, that living is not too long. Analogy to a person close to death in old age. 　　Usage: Partial official; as object, attribute, clause; with compliment 　　Source: Qing Wen Kang "Heroic Biography" 21 back: "Only the sick old man, did not have to tear down the inverted back flow of stomach look." 　　Examples: There are many elderly people as old Qi, hoping to spend ~ in the Pacific, while the aggressor's guns broke their hope. (Lao She, "Four Generations" f) Thesaurus:  hopeless, sick beyond cure, The breath is dying out. dying, irreparableness, Human life Risk shallow, have one foot in the grave; be getting nearer and nearer to coffin, a fatal wound, be hopeless, illness To the marrow follow, listen to, submit, Dead wood rot strains, declining rapidly as the sun is setting beyond the western hills, Riboyanzi, the evening of one's life, one getting old as the pearl becoming yellow, kao huang, be dying Antonym Group:  A single flower, Eternal future generations, aeon lasting forever, Aeon Evergreen, prosperity advance, a thousand years all ages, aeon, lady of a certain age, like the sun at high noon, like the rising sun— have great expectations, a lot of guests, Dynasty, who carried on amorous affairs even when she was getting old, a, be just unfolding, Sunrise on constant, Rising sun, vigorousness, flourish prosperous, Her last request Fallen flowers, fallen angels, great momentum, reek steaming, buzzing with activity, dynamic, prosperity prosperity, prosperity prosperous and strong, prosperity glory, wise or good friends (literally) like gathering clouds--many, be in the ascendant, explode, prostitutes no longer young, Rumble Day, wind High in the clouds purpose, like a rising wind and scudding clouds, Wind tide