风烛残年风中之烛易灭。喻指老人的残年不久于世。例只这风烛残年,没的倒是眼泪倒回去望肚子里流。——《儿女英雄传》英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 w
残年晚年;暮年。例以残年余力曾不能毁山之一毛。——《列子汤问》肯将衰朽惜残年。——唐韩愈《左迁至蓝关示侄孙湘》风烛残年。英afterlife time;年终。例残年短景。英the last days of the year;