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蠟燭兩頭燒 (laap6 zuk1 loeng5 tau4 siu1) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

蠟燭兩頭燒 (laap6 zuk1 loeng5 tau4 siu1, là zhú liǎng tóu shāo) — to burn the candle at both ends (idiom); to labor under a double burden

Classifier

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Usage

Level

beyond HSK

Related words

• 蠟像 (laap6 zoeng6) — a wax statue
• 蠟版 (laap6 baan2) — mimeograph stencil
• 蠟青紙 (laap6 ceng1 zi2) — bitumen paper
• 蠟青 (laap6 cing1) — asphalt
• 蠟 (laap6) — candle; wax
• 蠟像館 (laap6 zoeng6 gun2) — wax museum; waxworks

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