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


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