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 |
1 | The year is drawing to a close. | |
2 | My heart has turned to wax; it has melted away within me. | |
3 | She is a nose of wax. | |
4 | The little wax fires sputter in the carpet. | |
5 | 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. |