锡蜡
xī là
Pinyin

Definition

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

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

无锡
Wú xī
  1. 1 Wuxi prefecture level city in Jiangsu
蜡烛
là zhú
  1. 1 candle
  2. 2 CL:根[gēn],支[zhī]
蜡笔
là bǐ
  1. 1 crayon
蜡笔小新
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
锡
xī
  1. 1 tin (chemistry)
  2. 2 to bestow
  3. 3 to confer
  4. 4 to grant
  5. 5 Taiwan pr. [xí]
刘禹锡
Liú Yǔ xī
  1. 1 Liu Yuxi (772-842), Tang poet
打蜡
dǎ là
  1. 1 to wax (a car, floor etc)
无锡市
Wú xī shì
  1. 1 Wuxi prefecture level city in Jiangsu
石蜡
shí là
  1. 1 paraffin wax
蜜蜡
mì là
  1. 1 beeswax
蜡像馆
là xiàng guǎn
  1. 1 waxworks
  2. 2 museum of waxwork figures
蜡染
là rǎn
  1. 1 batik (color printing on cloth using wax)
锡山
Xī shān
  1. 1 Xishan district of Wuxi city 無錫市|无锡市[Wú xī shì], Jiangsu
发蜡
fà là
  1. 1 pomade
麦肯锡
Mài kěn xī
  1. 1 MacKenzie
  2. 2 McKinsey
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
嚼蜡
jiáo là
  1. 1 insipid
焊锡
hàn xī
  1. 1 solder
莱比锡
Lái bǐ xī
  1. 1 Leipzig, city in the state of Saxony, Germany

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

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