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蠟燭兩頭燒
简 蜡烛两头烧 · 繁 蠟燭兩頭燒Mandarin · pinyin là zhú liǎng tóu shāo
Meanings
- to burn the candle at both ends (idiom)
- to labor under a double burden
Characters in this entry
- 蠟
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- 燭
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- 兩
- liǎng · two, both, pair, couple; ounce
- 頭
- tóu · head; top; chief, first; boss
- 燒
- shāo · burn; bake; heat; roast
- 蜡
- là · wax; candle; waxy, glazed; maggot; (same as 䄍) meaning imperial harvest
- 烛
- zhú · candle, taper; shine, illuminate
- 两
- liǎng · two, both, pair, couple; ounce
- 头
- tóu · head; top; chief, first; boss
- 烧
- shāo · burn; bake; heat; roast
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Mandarin tones
4–2–3–2–1 · la4 zhu2 liang3 tou2 shao1
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
laap6 zuk1 loeng5 tau4 siu1
Cantonese word readings for 蠟燭兩頭燒. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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laap6 zuk1 loeng5 tau4 siu1
Pleco · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Word reading; meanings not aligned.