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candle / CL: ,
HSK 7-9
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  *燭* | 燭* | *燭
candle / (literary) to illuminate
candle light / candle-lit (vigil etc) / candela, unit of luminous intensity (cd)
joss stick and candle
wedding night
bridal room and ornamented candles / wedding festivities (idiom)
one's late days / to have one foot in the grave
candle flame
drop of melted wax that runs down the side of a candle
lit. candle in the wind (idiom) / fig. (of sb's life) feeble / hanging on a thread
by bright candlelight
fire and candles / household things that burn
variant of 炳燭|炳烛
red candle (used during birthdays and other celebrations)
candlestick / candle holder
Candlemas (Christian Festival on 2nd February)
Wrightia tinctoria (flowering plant in Apocynaceae family, common names dyer's oleander or pala indigo)
candlestick holder / candlestand / candelabra
some people have to be pushed for them to take action
to burn the candle at both ends (idiom) / to labor under a double burden
lit. like a candle in the wind, or frost on the roof (idiom) / fig. (of sb's life) feeble / hanging on a thread


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