嚼蜡(jiáo là)
2 charactersTrad. 嚼蠟
Character breakdown
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Word information
- Pinyin
- jiáo là
- Meaning
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- HSK level
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- Characters
- 2
- Traditional
- 嚼蠟
Related words
Common words sharing a character with 嚼蜡 — tap one to open its word page.
là蜡zhú烛
HSK 7-9candle
wèi味tóng同jiáo嚼là蜡
lit. tastes as if one is chewing wax (idiom)
jǔ咀jué嚼
to chew
yǎo咬wén文jiáo嚼zì字
to bite words and chew characters (idiom); punctilious about minutiae of wording
xì细jiáo嚼màn慢yàn咽
to eat slowly (idiom)
chuī吹dēng灯bá拔là蜡
lit. to blow out the lamp and put out the candle (idiom)
dǎ打là蜡
to wax (a car, floor etc)
shí石là蜡
paraffin wax
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