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candle / CL: ,
HSK 7-9
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  *蠟* | 蠟* | *蠟
candle / wax
HSK 7-9
white wax from Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)
Chinese ash (Fraxinus chinensis), whose bark, flowers and leaves are used in TCM
crayon
to wax (a car, floor etc)
batik (color printing on cloth using wax)
white wax from Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)
pomade
waxwork; wax figure
insipid
beeswax
lit. tastes as if one is chewing wax (idiom) / fig. tasteless; insipid
to be embarrassed / to be put in a difficult situation
(bird species of China) collared grosbeak (Mycerobas affinis)
(literary) candle
wax therapy (used to treat arthritis etc)
Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)
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
candlestick with a spike, onto which candles are impaled
Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)
variant of 臘梅|腊梅
Crayon Shin-chan (クレヨンしんちゃん), Japanese manga and anime series popular in China
(BDSM) wax play
(bird species of China) spot-winged grosbeak (Mycerobas melanozanthos)
waxiness
Wrightia tinctoria (flowering plant in Apocynaceae family, common names dyer's oleander or pala indigo)
hydrocarbon wax
(bird species of China) white-winged grosbeak (Mycerobas carnipes)
petroleum wax
paraffin wax
earwax / cerumen
beeswax
beeswax
white wax from Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)
wax museum; waxworks
(microbiology) Bacillus cereus
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
wax paper / stencil paper
candlestick / candle holder
pewter (alloy of tin 錫|锡, lead 鉛|铅 and other metals)
(bird species of China) Chinese grosbeak (Eophona migratoria)
(bird species of China) Japanese grosbeak (Eophona personata)


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