"風前の灯火" meaning in 日本語

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Phrase

Forms: 風前(フウゼン) の 灯火(ともしび [canonical], フウゼン, ともしび, ゆれ:「灯火」に変え「灯」「燈」「燭」など
  1. (風の当たるところの灯火のように)今にも消え入りそうな様。死など大きな害が目前に迫っている様。
    Sense id: ja-風前の灯火-ja-phrase-0uDskq6j
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations: 风前残烛 (中国語), 風前殘燭 (中国語)
Categories (other): 日本語, 日本語 成句
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      "lang_code": "zh",
      "word": "风前残烛"
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      "word": "风前残烛"
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