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蟲白蠟

简虫白蜡 · 繁蟲白蠟

Mandarin · pinyin chóng bái là

white wax from Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)

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蟲: chóng · worms; insects
白: bái · white; pure, unblemished; bright
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虫: chóng · insects, worms; Kangxi radical 142
蜡: là · wax; candle; waxy, glazed; maggot; (same as 䄍) meaning imperial harvest

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2–2–4 · chong2 bai2 la4

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cung4 baak6 laap6

Cantonese word readings for 蟲白蠟. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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