锡蜡 (錫蠟)
xī là
Pinyin

Definition

锡蜡 (錫蠟)
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xī là
  1. pewter (alloy of tin 錫|锡, lead 鉛|铅 and other metals)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

Wú xī
  1. 1 Wuxi prefecture level city in Jiangsu
là zhú
  1. 1 candle
  2. 2 classifier: 根 gēn
  3. 3 classifier: 支 zhī
là bǐ
  1. 1 crayon
Là bǐ Xiǎo xīn
  1. 1 Crayon Shin-chan (クレヨンしんちゃん), Japanese manga and anime series popular in China
  1. 1 tin (chemistry)
  2. 2 to bestow
  3. 3 to confer
  4. 4 to grant
  5. 5 Taiwan pr. [xí]

Idioms (3)

吹灯拔蜡
chuī dēng bá là
  1. 1 lit. to blow out the lamp and put out the candle (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to die
  3. 3 to bite the dust
  4. 4 to be over and done with
味同嚼蜡
wèi tóng jiáo là
  1. 1 tastes as if one is chewing wax (idiom)
  2. 2 tasteless
  3. 3 insipid
蜡烛两头烧
là zhú liǎng tóu shāo
  1. 1 to burn the candle at both ends (idiom)
  2. 2 to labor under a double burden