烛
candle, taper; to illuminate, to shine; candle; (literary) to illuminate
- Strokes
- 10
- Pinyin
- zhú
Parts
Words with 烛
- 火烛huǒ zhú · huozhufire and candles; household things that burn
- 炳烛bǐng zhú · bingzhuby bright candlelight
- 烛光zhú guāng · zhuguangcandlelight; candlelit (vigil etc); candela, unit of luminous intensity (cd)
- 烛架zhú jià · zhujiacandlestick holder; candlestand; candelabra
- 烛泪zhú lèi · zhuleidrop of melted wax that runs down the side of a candle
- 烛火zhú huǒ · zhuhuocandle flame
- 烛台zhú tái · zhutaicandlestick; candle holder
- 红烛hóng zhú · hongzhured candle (used during birthdays and other celebrations)
- 花烛huā zhú · huazhuwedding candles; a pair of large, red, ornately decorated candles placed in the bridal chamber during a traditional Chinese wedding night, symbolizing the union of the couple; (botany) anthurium
- 蜡烛là zhú · lazhucandle
- 香烛xiāng zhú · xiangzhujoss stick and candle
- 圣烛节shèng zhú jié · shengzhujieCandlemas (Christian Festival on 2nd February)
- 倒吊蜡烛dào diào là zhú · daodiaolazhuWrightia tinctoria (flowering plant in Apocynaceae family, common names dyer's oleander or pala indigo)
- 洞房花烛dòng fáng huā zhú · dongfanghuazhubridal room and ornamented candles; wedding festivities (idiom)
- 烛光晚餐zhú guāng wǎn cān · zhuguangwancancandlelit dinner
- 风中之烛fēng zhōng zhī zhú · fengzhongzhizhulit. candle in the wind (idiom); fig. (of sb's life) feeble; hanging on a thread
- 风烛残年fēng zhú cán nián · fengzhucannianone's late days; to have one foot in the grave
- 洞房花烛夜dòng fáng huā zhú yè · dongfanghuazhuyewedding night
- 蜡烛两头烧là zhú liǎng tóu shāo · lazhuliangtoushaoto burn the candle at both ends (idiom); to labor under a double burden
- 蜡烛不点不亮là zhú bù diǎn bù liàng · lazhubudianbuliangsome people have to be pushed for them to take action
- 风中烛,瓦上霜fēng zhōng zhú , wǎ shàng shuāng · fengzhongzhu,washangshuanglit. like a candle in the wind, or frost on the roof (idiom); fig. (of sb's life) feeble; hanging on a thread