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倒吊蠟燭

简倒吊蜡烛 · 繁倒吊蠟燭

Mandarin · pinyin dào diào là zhú

Wrightia tinctoria (flowering plant in Apocynaceae family, common names dyer's oleander or pala indigo)

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倒: dào · fall over; lie down; take turns
吊: diào · condole, mourn, pity; hang
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蜡: là · wax; candle; waxy, glazed; maggot; (same as 䄍) meaning imperial harvest
烛: zhú · candle, taper; shine, illuminate

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4–4–4–2 · dao4 diao4 la4 zhu2

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dou2 diu3 laap6 zuk1

Cantonese word readings for 倒吊蠟燭. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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