"Wax" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 dǎ là to wax (a car, floor etc)
 là candle / wax
 dōng guā wax gourd (Cucurbitaceae, Benincasa hispida) / white gourd / white hairy melon / Chinese squash
 sù xiàng to sculpt or mold a statue (by shaping a pliable material such as clay, plaster or wax, which may later be cast in metal &ndash / as distinct from carving in stone or wood) / a statue created through such a process
 là xiàng waxwork / wax figure
 shí là paraffin wax
 là xiàng guǎn wax museum / waxworks
 bái là white wax from Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)
 lián wù wax apple (a reddish pear-shaped fruit)
 là zhǐ wax paper / stencil paper
 wèi tóng jiáo là lit. tastes as if one is chewing wax (idiom) / fig. tasteless / insipid
 yáng pú táo love apple / wax apple / Syzygium samarangense (botany)
 tīng là hydrocarbon wax
 bái là chóng Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)
 shí yóu là petroleum wax
 chóng bái là white wax from Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)
 chóng là white wax from Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)
 là tuó lump of wax
 là chóng Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)
 là liáo wax therapy (used to treat arthritis etc)
 zhú lèi drop of melted wax that runs down the side of a candle
 Dù shā fū ren Madame Tussaud (1761-1850), French wax sculptor who founded the eponymous wax museum in London
 dī là (BDSM) wax play
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