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蜡
蠟
la4
 
- candle; wax
 
| strokes | 
14 | 
| radical | 
 | 
| strokes after radical | 
8 | 
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白斑翅拟蜡嘴雀
白斑翅擬蠟嘴雀
bai2 ban1 chi4 ni3 la4 zui3 que4
 
- (bird species of China) white-winged grosbeak (Mycerobas carnipes)
 
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白蜡
白蠟
bai2 la4
 
- white wax from Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)
 
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白蜡虫
白蠟蟲
bai2 la4 chong2
 
- Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)
 
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白蜡树
白蠟樹
bai2 la4 shu4
 
- Chinese ash (Fraxinus chinensis), whose bark, flowers and leaves are used in TCM
 
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斑翅拟蜡嘴雀
斑翅擬蠟嘴雀
ban1 chi4 ni3 la4 zui3 que4
 
- (bird species of China) spot-winged grosbeak (Mycerobas melanozanthos)
 
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虫白蜡
蟲白蠟
chong2 bai2 la4
 
- white wax from Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)
 
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虫蜡
蟲蠟
chong2 la4
 
- white wax from Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)
 
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吹灯拔蜡
吹燈拔蠟
chui1 deng1 ba2 la4
 
- lit. to blow out the lamp and put out the candle (idiom); fig. to die; to bite the dust; to be over and done with
 
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打蜡
打蠟
da3 la4
 
- to wax (a car, floor etc)
 
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倒吊蜡烛
倒吊蠟燭
dao4 diao4 la4 zhu2
 
- Wrightia tinctoria (flowering plant in Apocynaceae family, common names dyer's oleander or pala indigo)
 
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耳蜡
耳蠟
er3 la4
 
- earwax; cerumen
 
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发蜡
髮蠟
fa4 la4
 
- pomade
 
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蜂蜡
蜂蠟
feng1 la4
 
- beeswax
 
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黑头蜡嘴雀
黑頭蠟嘴雀
hei1 tou2 la4 zui3 que4
 
- (bird species of China) Japanese grosbeak (Eophona personata)
 
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黑尾蜡嘴雀
黑尾蠟嘴雀
hei1 wei3 la4 zui3 que4
 
- (bird species of China) Chinese grosbeak (Eophona migratoria)
 
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黄颈拟蜡嘴雀
黃頸擬蠟嘴雀
huang2 jing3 ni3 la4 zui3 que4
 
- (bird species of China) collared grosbeak (Mycerobas affinis)
 
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黄蜡
黃蠟
huang2 la4
 
- beeswax
 
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嚼蜡
嚼蠟
jiao2 la4
 
- insipid
 
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蜡笔
蠟筆
la4 bi3
 
- crayon
 
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蜡笔小新
蠟筆小新
la4 bi3 xiao3 xin1
 
- Crayon Shin-chan (クレヨンしんちゃん), Japanese manga and anime series popular in China
 
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蜡虫
蠟蟲
la4 chong2
 
- Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)
 
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蜡疗
蠟療
la4 liao2
 
- wax therapy (used to treat arthritis etc)
 
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蜡梅
蠟梅
la4 mei2
 
- variant of 臘梅|腊梅
 
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蜡扦
蠟扦
la4 qian1
 
- candlestick with a spike, onto which candles are impaled
 
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蜡染
蠟染
la4 ran3
 
- batik (color printing on cloth using wax)
 
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蜡台
蠟臺
la4 tai2
 
- candlestick; candle holder
 
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蜡坨
蠟坨
la4 tuo2
 
- lump of wax
 
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蜡坨儿
蠟坨兒
la4 tuo2 er5
 
- erhua variant of 蠟坨|蜡坨
 
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蜡坨子
蠟坨子
la4 tuo2 zi5
 
- erhua variant of 蠟坨|蜡坨
 
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蜡像馆
蠟像館
la4 xiang4 guan3
 
- waxworks; museum of waxwork figures
 
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蜡纸
蠟紙
la4 zhi3
 
- wax paper; stencil paper
 
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蜡质
蠟質
la4 zhi4
 
- waxiness
 
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蜡烛
蠟燭
la4 zhu2
 
- candle
 
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蜡烛不点不亮
蠟燭不點不亮
la4 zhu2 bu4 dian3 bu4 liang4
 
- some people have to be pushed for them to take action
 
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蜡烛两头烧
蠟燭兩頭燒
la4 zhu2 liang3 tou2 shao1
 
- to burn the candle at both ends (idiom); to labor under a double burden
 
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蜜蜡
蜜蠟
mi4 la4
 
- beeswax
 
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石蜡
石蠟
shi2 la4
 
- paraffin wax
 
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石油蜡
石油蠟
shi2 you2 la4
 
- petroleum wax
 
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烃蜡
烴蠟
ting1 la4
 
- hydrocarbon wax
 
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味同嚼蜡
味同嚼蠟
wei4 tong2 jiao2 la4
 
- tastes as if one is chewing wax (idiom); tasteless; insipid
 
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锡蜡
錫蠟
xi1 la4
 
- pewter (alloy of tin 錫|锡, lead 鉛|铅 and other metals)
 
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坐蜡
坐蠟
zuo4 la4
 
- to be embarrassed; to be put in a difficult situation