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倒吊蠟燭
dào diào là zhú
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Wrightia tinctoria (flowering plant in Apocynaceae family, common names dyer's oleander or pala indigo)
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吹燈拔蠟
chuī dēng bá là
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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
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味同嚼蠟
wèi tóng jiáo là
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tastes as if one is chewing wax (idiom);
tasteless;
insipid
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嚼蠟
jiáo là
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insipid
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坐蠟
zuò là
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to be embarrassed;
to be put in a difficult situation
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打蠟
dǎ là
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to wax (a car, floor etc)
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斑翅擬蠟嘴雀
bān chì nǐ là zuǐ què
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(bird species of China) spot-winged grosbeak (Mycerobas melanozanthos)
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烴蠟
tīng là
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hydrocarbon wax
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白斑翅擬蠟嘴雀
bái bān chì nǐ là zuǐ què
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(bird species of China) white-winged grosbeak (Mycerobas carnipes)
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白蠟
bái là
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white wax from Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)
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白蠟樹
bái là shù
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Chinese ash (Fraxinus chinensis), whose bark, flowers and leaves are used in TCM
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白蠟蟲
bái là chóng
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Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)
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石油蠟
shí yóu là
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petroleum wax
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石蠟
shí là
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paraffin wax
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耳蠟
ěr là
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earwax;
cerumen
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蜂蠟
fēng là
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beeswax
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蜜蠟
mì là
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beeswax
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蟲白蠟
chóng bái là
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white wax from Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)
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蟲蠟
chóng là
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white wax from Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)
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蠟像館
là xiàng guǎn
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waxworks;
museum of waxwork figures
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蠟坨
là tuó
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lump of wax
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蠟坨兒
là tuó r
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erhua variant of 蠟坨|蜡坨[la4 tuo2]
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蠟坨子
là tuó zi
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erhua variant of 蠟坨|蜡坨[la4 tuo2]
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蠟扦
là qiān
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candlestick with a spike, onto which candles are impaled
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蠟染
là rǎn
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batik (color printing on cloth using wax)
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