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蠟燭不點不亮
简 蜡烛不点不亮 · 繁 蠟燭不點不亮Mandarin · pinyin là zhú bù diǎn bù liàng
Meanings
- some people have to be pushed for them to take action
Characters in this entry
- 蠟
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- 燭
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- 不
- bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
- 點
- diǎn · dot, speck, spot; point, degree
- 亮
- liàng · bright, brilliant, radiant, light
- 蜡
- là · wax; candle; waxy, glazed; maggot; (same as 䄍) meaning imperial harvest
- 烛
- zhú · candle, taper; shine, illuminate
- 点
- diǎn · dot, speck, spot; point, degree
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Mandarin tones
4–2–4–3–4–4 · la4 zhu2 bu4 dian3 bu4 liang4
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
laap6 zuk1 bat1 dim2 bat1 loeng6
Cantonese word readings for 蠟燭不點不亮. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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laap6 zuk1 bat1 dim2 bat1 loeng6
Pleco · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Word reading; meanings not aligned.