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Definitions

  1. 1. candle
  2. 2. wax

Example Sentences

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近火融化。
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Words Containing 蜡

蜡烛
là zhú

candle

倒吊蜡烛
dào diào là zhú

Wrightia tinctoria (flowering plant in Apocynaceae family, common names dyer's oleander or pala indigo)

吹灯拔蜡
chuī dēng bá là

lit. to blow out the lamp and put out the candle (idiom)

味同嚼蜡
wèi tóng jiáo là

lit. tastes as if one is chewing wax (idiom)

嚼蜡
jiáo là

insipid

坐蜡
zuò là
打蜡
dǎ là

to wax (a car, floor etc)

斑翅拟蜡嘴雀
bān chì nǐ là zuǐ què

(bird species of China) spot-winged grosbeak (Mycerobas melanozanthos)

烃蜡
tīng là

hydrocarbon wax

白斑翅拟蜡嘴雀
bái bān chì nǐ là zuǐ què

(bird species of China) white-winged grosbeak (Mycerobas carnipes)

白蜡
bái là

white wax from Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)

白蜡虫
bái là chóng

Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)

石油蜡
shí yóu là

petroleum wax

石蜡
shí là

paraffin wax

耳蜡
ěr là

earwax

蜂蜡
fēng là

beeswax

蜜蜡
mì là

beeswax

虫白蜡
chóng bái là

white wax from Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)

虫蜡
chóng là

white wax from Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)

蜡像馆
là xiàng guǎn

waxworks

蜡坨
là tuó

lump of wax

蜡扦
là qiān

candlestick with a spike, onto which candles are impaled

蜡染
là rǎn

batik (color printing on cloth using wax)

蜡样芽孢杆菌
là yàng yá bāo gǎn jūn

(microbiology) Bacillus cereus

蜡炬
là jù

(literary) candle

蜡烛不点不亮
là zhú bù diǎn bù liàng

some people have to be pushed for them to take action

蜡烛两头烧
là zhú liǎng tóu shāo

to burn the candle at both ends (idiom)

蜡疗
là liáo

wax therapy (used to treat arthritis etc)

蜡笔
là bǐ

crayon

蜡笔小新
là bǐ xiǎo xīn

Crayon Shin-chan (クレヨンしんちゃん), Japanese manga and anime series popular in China

蜡纸
là zhǐ

wax paper

蜡台
là tái

candlestick

蜡虫
là chóng

Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)

蜡质
là zhì

waxiness

锡蜡
xī là

pewter (alloy of tin 錫|锡, lead 鉛|铅 and other metals)

发蜡
fà là

pomade

黄蜡
huáng là

beeswax

黄颈拟蜡嘴雀
huáng jǐng nǐ là zuǐ què

(bird species of China) collared grosbeak (Mycerobas affinis)

黑尾蜡嘴雀
hēi wěi là zuǐ què

(bird species of China) Chinese grosbeak (Eophona migratoria)

黑头蜡嘴雀
hēi tóu là zuǐ què

(bird species of China) Japanese grosbeak (Eophona personata)