烃蜡 (烴蠟)
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Pinyin
Definition
烃蜡 (烴蠟)
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- hydrocarbon wax
Character Decomposition
Idioms (3)
吹灯拔蜡
- 1 lit. to blow out the lamp and put out the candle (idiom)
- 2 fig. to die
- 3 to bite the dust
- 4 to be over and done with
味同嚼蜡
- 1 tastes as if one is chewing wax (idiom)
- 2 tasteless
- 3 insipid
蜡烛两头烧
- 1 to burn the candle at both ends (idiom)
- 2 to labor under a double burden