蜡烛

là zhú

HSK 2.0 Level 5 HSK 3.0 Level 7 Noun Common

Definitions

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candle light

light of a candle

candlestick

Common verb: 点蜡烛 (diǎn làzhú, to light a candle); measure word: 支 (zhī) for stick-like candles, 根 (gēn) for generic candles.

Do not use 蜡烛 for birthday candles alone; say 生日蜡烛 (shēngrì làzhú) for birthday candles, as 蜡烛 alone often implies a larger candle.

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蜡烛在黑暗里发光。

The candle shines in the darkness.

他用火柴点燃了蜡烛。

He lit the candle with a match.

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

some people have to be pushed for them to take action

to burn the candle at both ends (idiom)

candle

candle