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HSK 3.0 Level 7

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Definitions

  1. 1. candle
  2. 2. wax

Example Sentences

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近火融化。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 10011677)

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Words Containing 蜡

黑头蜡嘴雀
hēi tóu là zuǐ què

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

味同嚼蜡
wèi tóng jiáo là

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

蜜蜡
mì là

beeswax

蜡染
là rǎn

batik (color printing on cloth using wax)

倒吊蜡烛
dào diào là zhú

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

石油蜡
shí yóu là

petroleum wax

吹灯拔蜡
chuī dēng bá là

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

黄颈拟蜡嘴雀
huáng jǐng nǐ là zuǐ què

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

蜡炬
là jù

(literary) candle

蜡样芽孢杆菌
là yàng yá bāo gǎn jūn

(microbiology) Bacillus cereus

蜡烛
là zhú

candle

耳蜡
ěr là

earwax

虫蜡
chóng là

white wax from Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)

锡蜡
xī là

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

蜡台
là tái

candlestick

嚼蜡
jiáo là

insipid

斑翅拟蜡嘴雀
bān chì nǐ là zuǐ què

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

虫白蜡
chóng bái là

white wax from Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)

蜡疗
là liáo

wax therapy (used to treat arthritis etc)

坐蜡
zuò là
蜡坨
là tuó

lump of wax

蜡虫
là chóng

Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)

黑尾蜡嘴雀
hēi wěi là zuǐ què

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

蜡扦
là qiān

candlestick with a spike, onto which candles are impaled

蜡烛不点不亮
là zhú bù diǎn bù liàng

some people have to be pushed for them to take action

蜡像馆
là xiàng guǎn

waxworks

烃蜡
tīng là

hydrocarbon wax

白蜡
bái là

white wax from Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)

蜂蜡
fēng là

beeswax

黄蜡
huáng là

beeswax

蜡笔
là bǐ

crayon

石蜡
shí là

paraffin wax

白斑翅拟蜡嘴雀
bái bān chì nǐ là zuǐ què

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

白蜡虫
bái là chóng

Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)

发蜡
fà là

pomade

打蜡
dǎ là

to wax (a car, floor etc)

蜡质
là zhì

waxiness

蜡纸
là zhǐ

wax paper

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

蜡烛两头烧
là zhú liǎng tóu shāo

to burn the candle at both ends (idiom)