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蠟染

简蜡染 · 繁蠟染

Mandarin · pinyin là rǎn

batik (color printing on cloth using wax)

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染: rǎn · dye; be contagious; infect
蜡: là · wax; candle; waxy, glazed; maggot; (same as 䄍) meaning imperial harvest

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4–3 · la4 ran3

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