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Trad	Simp	Mandarin	Definition	Days old	Ver
秉燭	秉烛	[bing3 zhu2]	/variant of 炳燭\|炳烛[bing3 zhu2]/	6213	1
炳燭	炳烛	[bing3 zhu2]	/by bright candlelight/	6213	1
倒吊蠟燭	倒吊蜡烛	[dao4 diao4 la4 zhu2]	/Wrightia tinctoria (flowering plant in Apocynaceae family, common names dyer's oleander or pala indigo)/	6575	1
洞房花燭	洞房花烛	[dong4 fang2 hua1 zhu2]	/bridal room and ornamented candles/wedding festivities (idiom)/	6195	1
洞房花燭夜	洞房花烛夜	[dong4 fang2 hua1 zhu2 ye4]	/wedding night/	6313	1
風中之燭	风中之烛	[feng1 zhong1 zhi1 zhu2]	/lit. candle in the wind (idiom)/fig. (of sb's life) feeble/hanging on a thread/	5030	1
風中燭，瓦上霜	风中烛，瓦上霜	[feng1 zhong1 zhu2 , wa3 shang4 shuang1]	/lit. like a candle in the wind, or frost on the roof (idiom)/fig. (of sb's life) feeble/hanging on a thread/	5030	1
風燭殘年	风烛残年	[feng1 zhu2 can2 nian2]	/one's late days/to have one foot in the grave/	5526	1
紅燭	红烛	[hong2 zhu2]	/red candle (used during birthdays and other celebrations)/	3233	1
花燭	花烛	[[hua1zhu2]]	/wedding candles; a pair of large, red, ornately decorated candles placed in the bridal chamber during a traditional Chinese wedding night, symbolizing the union of the couple/(botany) anthurium/	467	2
火燭	火烛	[huo3 zhu2]	/fire and candles/household things that burn/	6372	1
蠟燭	蜡烛	[la4 zhu2]	/candle/CL:根[gen1],支[zhi1]/	6384	1
蠟燭不點不亮	蜡烛不点不亮	[la4 zhu2 bu4 dian3 bu4 liang4]	/some people have to be pushed for them to take action/	6270	1
蠟燭兩頭燒	蜡烛两头烧	[la4 zhu2 liang3 tou2 shao1]	/to burn the candle at both ends (idiom)/to labor under a double burden/	5106	1
聖燭節	圣烛节	[Sheng4 zhu2 jie2]	/Candlemas (Christian Festival on 2nd February)/	6696	1
香燭	香烛	[xiang1 zhu2]	/joss stick and candle/	6966	1
燭	烛	[zhu2]	/candle/(literary) to illuminate/	5654	1
爥	爥	[zhu2]	/old variant of 燭\|烛[zhu2]/	4462	1
燭火	烛火	[zhu2 huo3]	/candle flame/	6214	1
燭架	烛架	[zhu2 jia4]	/candlestick holder/candlestand/candelabra/	6157	1
燭淚	烛泪	[zhu2 lei4]	/drop of melted wax that runs down the side of a candle/	2566	1
燭臺	烛台	[zhu2 tai2]	/candlestick/candle holder/	4748	1
燭光	烛光	[[zhu2guang1]]	/candlelight/candlelit (vigil etc)/candela, unit of luminous intensity (cd)/	209	2
燭光晚餐	烛光晚餐	[[zhu2guang1 wan3can1]]	/candlelit dinner/	200	2

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