wax; candle; waxy, glazed; maggot; as a non-simplified form sometimes used as an equivalent to U+410D 䄍, meaning imperial harvest
DEFINITIONS
蜡 là |
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STROKES
WORDS
蜡烛 là zhú | candle; CL:根[gen1],支[zhi1] |
蜡笔 là bǐ | crayon |
打蜡 dǎ là | to wax (a car, floor etc) |
蜡像馆 là xiàng guǎn | waxworks; museum of waxwork figures |
石蜡 shí là | paraffin wax |
蜡纸 là zhǐ | wax paper; stencil paper |
发蜡 fà là | pomade |
味同嚼蜡 wèi tóng jiáo là | tastes as if one is chewing wax (idiom); tasteless; insipid |
白蜡 bái là | white wax from Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela) |
白蜡树 bái là shù | Chinese ash (Fraxinus chinensis), whose bark, flowers and leaves are used in TCM |
蜂蜡 fēng là | beeswax |
蜡染 là rǎn | batik (color printing on cloth using wax) |
蜡台 là tái | candlestick; candle holder |
蜡质 là zhì | waxiness |
倒吊蜡烛 dào diào là zhú | Wrightia tinctoria (flowering plant in Apocynaceae family, common names dyer's oleander or pala indigo) |
吹灯拔蜡 chuī dēng bá là | 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 |
嚼蜡 jiáo là | insipid |
坐蜡 zuò là | to be embarrassed; to be put in a difficult situation |
斑翅拟蜡嘴雀 bān chì nǐ là zuǐ què | (bird species of China) spot-winged grosbeak (Mycerobas melanozanthos) |
烃蜡 tīng là | hydrocarbon wax |
白斑翅拟蜡嘴雀 bái bān chì nǐ là zuǐ què | (bird species of China) white-winged grosbeak (Mycerobas carnipes) |
白蜡虫 bái là chóng | Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela) |
石油蜡 shí yóu là | petroleum wax |
耳蜡 ěr là | earwax; cerumen |
蜜蜡 mì là | beeswax |
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