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candle / CL: ,
HSK 7-9
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  *烛* | 烛* | *烛
candle / (literary) to illuminate
candle flame
red candle (used during birthdays and other celebrations)
candle light / candle-lit (vigil etc) / candela, unit of luminous intensity (cd)
candlestick / candle holder
bridal room and ornamented candles / wedding festivities (idiom)
joss stick and candle
fire and candles / household things that burn
one's late days / to have one foot in the grave
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
variant of 炳燭|炳烛
by bright candlelight
candlestick holder / candlestand / candelabra
wedding night
some people have to be pushed for them to take action
Wrightia tinctoria (flowering plant in Apocynaceae family, common names dyer's oleander or pala indigo)
Candlemas (Christian Festival on 2nd February)
wedding candles; a pair of large, red, ornately decorated candles placed in the bridal chamber during a traditional Chinese wedding night, symbolizing the union of the couple / (botany) anthurium
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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