蠟燭

See also: 蝋燭 and 蜡烛

Chinese

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蠟燭

candle (Classifier: 根 m; 枝 m c; 條／条 m c)
- 日暮漢宮傳蠟燭，輕煙散入五侯家。 [MSC, trad.]
  日暮汉宫传蜡烛，轻烟散入五侯家。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 8^th century, 韓翃, 《寒食》
  Rìmù Hàn gōng chuán làzhú, qīng yān sàn rù wǔhóu jiā. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
(Wu, figurative) someone slow to pick up on hints; someone passive and imprudent

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Sino-Xenic (蠟燭):

For pronunciation and definitions of 蠟燭 – see the following entry.

[noun] a candle (a light source)

Alternative spellings
蝋烛, ロウソク, ローソク

(This term, 蠟燭, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Hanja in this term
蠟	燭

蠟燭 • (napchok) (hangeul 납촉)

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