风烛残年

[fēng zhú cán nián]

Chinese-English

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Definition:
AllAll,The declining age is like a candle in the wind.The declining age is like a candle in the wind.,have one foot in the gravehave one foot in the grave,with one foot in the gravewith one foot in the grave,One Foot in the GraveOne Foot in the Grave
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1.
Even in her declining years, whenever she would speak of it, her eyes would light up.
即使在她风烛残年之际，每当谈起马驹儿，她都会眼里放光。有光泽的皮毛，光亮的鬃毛。
jí shǐ zài tā fēng zhú cán nián zhī jì , měi dāng tán qǐ mǎ jū ér , tā dū huì yǎn lǐ fàng guāng 。 yǒu guāng zé de pí máo , guāng liàng de zōng máo 。
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2.
If it is in the ancient times, I walk to you, must be from a young teenager into a decrepit old man to get to your hand.
如果是在远古的时代，我徒步走向你，必定从一个风华正茂的少年成为一个风烛残年的老者才能与你手牵。
rú guǒ shì zài yuǎn gǔ de shí dài , wǒ tú bù zǒu xiàng nǐ , bì dìng cóng yī gè fēng huá zhèng mào de shào nián chéng wéi yī gè fēng zhú cán nián de lǎo zhě cái néng yǔ nǐ shǒu qiān 。
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3.
Try to understand me that I am in my last years, which can be counted clearly.
试着了解我已是风烛残年，来日可数。
shì zhe liǎo jiě wǒ yǐ shì fēng zhú cán nián , lái rì kě shǔ 。
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4.
That old rock star has one foot in the grave. He's been a heavy smoker and drinker for years.
那个年老的摇滚巨星已是风烛残年。他已经喝烟酗酒很多年了。
nà ge nián lǎo de yáo gǔn jù xīng yǐ shì fēng zhú cán nián 。 tā yǐ jīng hē yān xù jiǔ hěn duō nián le 。
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5.
It was a decaying building in a dying neighborhood, inhabited, you felt, only by doomed old men and derelict young men.
那是一幢破旧的楼房，四邻一片死气沉沉，使你感到只有风烛残年的老人和走投无路的年轻人才住在那里。
nà shì yī zhuàng pò jiù de lóu fáng , sì lín yī piàn sǐ qì chén chén , shǐ nǐ gǎn dào zhǐ yǒu fēng zhú cán nián de lǎo rén hé zǒu tóu wú lù de nián qīng rén cái zhù zài nà li 。
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6.
This earth shall soon dissolve like snow, The sun forbear to shine; But God, who call'd me here below, Will be for ever mine.
大地将融，如雪遇日天光将逝，风烛残年上帝永存，曾经我唤圣恩无限，属我永远。
dà dì jiāng róng , rú xuě yù rì tiān guāng jiāng shì , fēng zhú cán nián shàng dì yǒng cún , céng jīng wǒ huàn shèng ēn wú xiàn , shǔ wǒ yǒng yuǎn 。
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7.
that I want to die . . . do not get angry, some day you will understand. Try to understand that my age is not lived but survived.
当哪天我告诉你不想再活下去了…请不要生气…总有一天你会了解…试著了解我已是风烛残年﹐来日可数。
dāng nǎ tiān wǒ gào su nǐ bù xiǎng zài huó xià qù le … qǐng bú yào shēng qì … zǒng yǒu yī tiān nǐ huì liǎo jiě … shì zhù liǎo jiě wǒ yǐ shì fēng zhú cán nián ﹐ lái rì kě shǔ 。
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8.
Of course, now I'm too old to be much of a fisherman.
当然，风烛残年的我，已经无法成为一个出色蝇钓者了。
dāng rán , fēng zhú cán nián de wǒ , yǐ jīng wú fǎ chéng wéi yī gè chū sè yíng diào zhě le 。
blog.163.com
9.
Don't argue with him. He has already got one foot in the grave.
别跟他争了，他已经是风烛残年的人了。
bié gēn tā zhēng le , tā yǐ jīng shì fēng zhú cán nián de rén le 。
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10.
A frail old man went to live with his son, daughter-in-law, and a four-year old grandson.
有一位风烛残年的老人，他和他的儿子，儿媳还有四岁的小孙子生活在一起。
yǒu yī wèi fēng zhú cán nián de lǎo rén , tā hé tā de ér zǐ , ér xí hái yǒu sì suì de xiǎo sūn zi shēng huó zài yì qǐ 。
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