蜡纸
là zhǐ
Pinyin

Definition

蜡纸
 - 
là zhǐ
  1. wax paper
  2. stencil paper

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

报纸
bào zhǐ
  1. 1 newspaper
  2. 2 newsprint
  3. 3 CL:份[fèn],期[qī],張|张[zhāng]
壁纸
bì zhǐ
  1. 1 wallpaper
妹纸
mèi zhǐ
  1. 1 (Internet slang) (pun on 妹子[mèi zi])
纸
zhǐ
  1. 1 paper
  2. 2 CL:張|张[zhāng],沓[dá]
  3. 3 classifier for documents, letter etc
蜡烛
là zhú
  1. 1 candle
  2. 2 CL:根[gēn],支[zhī]
信纸
xìn zhǐ
  1. 1 letter paper
  2. 2 writing paper
剪纸
jiǎn zhǐ
  1. 1 papercutting (Chinese folk art)
  2. 2 to make paper cutouts
图纸
tú zhǐ
  1. 1 blueprint
  2. 2 drawing
  3. 3 design plans
  4. 4 graph paper
宣纸
xuān zhǐ
  1. 1 fine writing paper, originally from Jing county 涇縣|泾县, Xuancheng 宣城, Anhui
厕纸
cè zhǐ
  1. 1 toilet paper
废纸
fèi zhǐ
  1. 1 waste paper
手纸
shǒu zhǐ
  1. 1 toilet paper
打蜡
dǎ là
  1. 1 to wax (a car, floor etc)
折纸
zhé zhǐ
  1. 1 paper folding
  2. 2 origami
烧纸
shāo zhǐ
  1. 1 to burn paper offerings (as part of religious ceremony)
墙纸
qiáng zhǐ
  1. 1 wallpaper
石蜡
shí là
  1. 1 paraffin wax
纸婚
zhǐ hūn
  1. 1 paper wedding (first year wedding anniversary)
纸尿裤
zhǐ niào kù
  1. 1 disposable diaper
纸巾
zhǐ jīn
  1. 1 paper towel
  2. 2 napkin
  3. 3 facial tissue
  4. 4 CL:張|张[zhāng],包[bāo]

Idioms (10)

一纸空文
yī zhǐ kōng wén
  1. 1 a worthless piece of paper (idiom)
吹灯拔蜡
chuī dēng bá là
  1. 1 lit. to blow out the lamp and put out the candle (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to die
  3. 3 to bite the dust
  4. 4 to be over and done with
味同嚼蜡
wèi tóng jiáo là
  1. 1 tastes as if one is chewing wax (idiom)
  2. 2 tasteless
  3. 3 insipid
洛阳纸贵
Luò yáng zhǐ guì
  1. 1 lit. paper has become expensive in Luoyang (because everyone is making a copy of a popular story) (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of a product) to sell like hotcakes
纸上谈兵
zhǐ shàng tán bīng
  1. 1 lit. military tactics on paper (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. theoretical discussion that is worse than useless in practice
  3. 3 armchair strategist
  4. 4 idle theorizing
  5. 5 cf Zhao Kuo 趙括|赵括 leading an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战 in 260 BC
纸醉金迷
zhǐ zuì jīn mí
  1. 1 lit. dazzling with paper and gold (idiom); fig. indulging in a life of luxury
蜡烛两头烧
là zhú liǎng tóu shāo
  1. 1 to burn the candle at both ends (idiom)
  2. 2 to labor under a double burden
跃然纸上
yuè rán zhǐ shàng
  1. 1 to appear vividly on paper (idiom); to show forth vividly (in writing, painting etc)
  2. 2 to stand out markedly
金迷纸醉
jīn mí zhǐ zuì
  1. 1 lit. dazzling with paper and gold (idiom); fig. indulging in a life of luxury
钻故纸堆
zuān gù zhǐ duī
  1. 1 to dig into piles of outdated writings (idiom); to study old books and papers

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