油烬灯枯
[yóu jìn dēng kū]
‘油烬灯枯’ means 'Lamp Burned Dry and Ashen Oil'. This evokes a sad, exhausted and bleak feeling since traditionally Chinese people used oil-burning lamps as a major light source before modern electricity. Such phrase may depict scenes that imply endings or final moments, symbolizing depletion and weariness after long burning.