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Meaning of 腊

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(Trad.: 臈, 臘)
Total strokes: 12; Radical:
Ideographic: A sacrifice of meat for the past year
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    • meat, flesh; organic compound
    • [ ] past, former; ancient
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  • Pinyin:
    English Definition: 12th lunar month; preserved (meat, fish etc); old variant of ; 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 Greece
    腊月 yuè twelfth lunar month
    寒冬腊月 hán dōng yuè severe winter; dead of winter (idiom)
    腊肠 cháng sausage
    腊八粥 zhōu Laba congee, ceremonial rice porridge dish eaten on the 8th day of the 12th month in the Chinese calendar
    More: 腊* | *腊 | *腊*
  • Pinyin:
    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
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.