吹灯拔蜡

1. • lit. to blow out the lamp and put out the candle (idiom)
2. • fig. to die
3. • to bite the dust
4. • to be over and done with

Character by character

• 吹(chuī)blow
• 灯(dēng)lamp
• 拔(bá)pull up
• 蜡(là)candle