风中之烛

lit. candle in the wind (idiom) / fig. (of sb's life) feeble / hanging on a thread

wind / news / style / custom / manner / CL:陣|阵[zhen4],絲|丝[si1]

China / Chinese / surname Zhong

within / among / in / middle / center / while (doing sth) / during / (dialect) OK / all right

to hit (the mark) / to be hit by / to suffer / to win (a prize, a lottery)

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) / him / her / it

candle / (literary) to illuminate