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坐蠟

简坐蜡 · 繁坐蠟

Mandarin · pinyin zuò là

to be embarrassed
to be put in a difficult situation

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坐: zuò · sit; seat; ride, travel by
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蜡: là · wax; candle; waxy, glazed; maggot; (same as 䄍) meaning imperial harvest

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4–4 · zuo4 la4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

zo6 laap6

Cantonese word readings for 坐蠟. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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