Chinese Word: 腊 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

腊 (Trad.: 臈, 臘)Polyphone (多音字)

Total strokes: 12; Radical: 肉

Ideographic:A sacrifice of meat ⺼ for the past year 昔

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- ⺼ meat, flesh; organic compound
- 昔 [ xī ] past, former; ancient

Similar Characters: 腤暗喑猎借错蜡惜鹊措

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Pinyin: là

English Definition:12th lunar month; preserved (meat, fish etc); old variant of 腊 ; 12th lunar month

Chinese Definition:
①农历十二月。［合］腊尽春初；腊八会(佛家于腊八开的诵经法会)；腊底(年底，农历十二月底)。泛指冬月，尚与“伏”相对。［合］腊梨(亦作“刺梨”、“瘌痢”。秃子，生秃疮的人)。
②佛教戒律规定比丘受戒后每年夏季(两期)三个月安居一处，修习教义，完毕，称一腊。［合］戒腊；夏腊；法腊。
③人出生后七天。
④冬季腌制、烟熏而成的食品。［合］腊肉；腊鸡。

Example Words:

希腊	xī là	Greece
腊月	là yuè	twelfth lunar month
寒冬腊月	hán dōng là yuè	severe winter; dead of winter (idiom)
腊肠	là cháng	sausage
腊八粥	là bā zhōu	Laba congee, ceremonial rice porridge dish eaten on the 8th day of the 12th month in the Chinese calendar

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Pinyin: xī

English Definition:dried meat; also pr. [xi2]

Chinese Definition:
①干肉：“噬腊肉，遇毒。”
②晾干：“燃得而腊之以为饵。”
③皮肤皴皱。

Example Sentences

1		xī 腊 jǐn 尽 dōng 冬 cán 残。 The year is drawing to a close.
2		wǒ 我 xīn 心 zài 在 wǒ 我 lǐ miàn 里面 rú 如 là 腊 róng huà 熔化。 My heart has turned to wax; it has melted away within me.
3		tā 她 de 的 bí zi 鼻子 shì 是 xī 腊 zhì 制 de 的 yì 义 bí 鼻。 She is a nose of wax.
4		dì tǎn 地毯 shàng 上 de 的 xī 腊 shāo 烧 de 的 pī pā 噼啪 zuò xiǎng 作响。 The little wax fires sputter in the carpet.
5		wǒ 我 de 的 gǔ tou 骨头 dōu 都 tuō 脱 le 了 jié 节。 wǒ 我 xīn 心 zài 在 wǒ 我 lǐ miàn 里面 rú 如 là 腊 róng huà 熔化。 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.

More Sentences

1		xī 腊 jǐn 尽 dōng 冬 cán 残。 The year is drawing to a close.
2		wǒ 我 xīn 心 zài 在 wǒ 我 lǐ miàn 里面 rú 如 là 腊 róng huà 熔化。 My heart has turned to wax; it has melted away within me.
3		tā 她 de 的 bí zi 鼻子 shì 是 xī 腊 zhì 制 de 的 yì 义 bí 鼻。 She is a nose of wax.
4		dì tǎn 地毯 shàng 上 de 的 xī 腊 shāo 烧 de 的 pī pā 噼啪 zuò xiǎng 作响。 The little wax fires sputter in the carpet.
5		wǒ 我 de 的 gǔ tou 骨头 dōu 都 tuō 脱 le 了 jié 节。 wǒ 我 xīn 心 zài 在 wǒ 我 lǐ miàn 里面 rú 如 là 腊 róng huà 熔化。 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.

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