風中燭,瓦上霜 [ㄈㄥ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄓㄨˊ , ㄨㄚˇ ㄕㄤˋ ㄕㄨㄤ; feng1 zhong1 zhu2 , wa3 shang4 shuang1] lit. like a candle in the wind, or frost on the roof (idiom) fig. (of sb's life) feeble hanging on a thread ◄ ►