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灺

Mandarin · pinyin xiè

(literary) candle stub

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4 · xie4

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ce2 · se2 · se3

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(archaic) end of a candle; candle stub
(archaic) ashes (from a candle)
(obsolete, of candles or incense) to go out; to die out

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