"烛" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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Strokes 10
Structure
Decomp. 火虫
Prononciation
Mandarin zhú
Entry Methods
Pinyin zhu2
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Cangjie
FLMI
火中一戈
Sijiao 958.3
Wubi OJY
CNS 11643 3-3229
Encodages (hexa)
Unicode U+70DB
GB2312 D6F2
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 zhú candle / (literary) to illuminate
Results beginning with 烛
 zhú guāng candle light / candle-lit (vigil etc) / candela, unit of luminous intensity (cd)
 zhú tái candlestick / candle holder
 zhú huǒ candle flame
 zhú jià candlestick holder / candlestand / candelabra
 zhú lèi drop of melted wax that runs down the side of a candle
 zhú guāng jí huì candlelight
 zhú guāng yí shì candle-lighting ceremony
Approximate Results for 烛
 là zhú candle / CL:根[gen1],支[zhi1]
 hóng zhú red candle (used during birthdays and other celebrations)
 xiāng zhú joss stick and candle
 bǐng zhú variant of 炳燭|炳烛[bing3 zhu2]
 huǒ zhú fire and candles / household things that burn
 bǐng zhú by bright candlelight
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 Shèng zhú jié Candlemas (Christian Festival on 2nd February)
 fēng zhú cán nián one's late days / to have one foot in the grave
 dòng fáng huā zhú bridal room and ornamented candles / wedding festivities (idiom)
 fēng zhōng zhī zhú lit. candle in the wind (idiom) / fig. (of sb's life) feeble / hanging on a thread
 dào diào là zhú Wrightia tinctoria (flowering plant in Apocynaceae family, common names dyer's oleander or pala indigo)
 yīng chǐ zhú guāng foot candle
  ibagho
  ozigo
 dòng fáng huā zhú yè wedding night
 là zhú gǎn lǎn shù tabonuco
 là zhú liǎng tóu shāo to burn the candle at both ends (idiom) / to labor under a double burden
 nuò shì là zhú mù ossabel
 róu máo là zhú mù safukala
 là zhú bù diǎn bù liàng some people have to be pushed for them to take action
 fēng zhōng zhú , wǎ shàng shuāng lit. like a candle in the wind, or frost on the roof (idiom) / fig. (of sb's life) feeble / hanging on a thread
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