烛 (燭) zhú

1. zhú noun a candle
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '燭'; Guoyu '燭' n 2; Kroll 2015 '燭' 1a, p. 617; Unihan '燭')
2. zhú noun a torch
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '燭' n 1; Kroll 2015 '燭' 1, p. 617)
3. zhú proper noun Zhu
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '燭' n 3)
4. zhú verb to shine; to illuminate
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '燭'; Guoyu '燭' v 1; Kroll 2015 '燭' 2, p. 617; Unihan '燭')
5. zhú verb to determine clearly; to shed light on a subject
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '燭' v 2; Kroll 2015 '燭' 2a, p. 617)

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• 烛剪(燭剪) candle snuffer
• 炳烛(炳燭) by bright candlelight
• 香烛(香燭) joss stick and candle
• 烛台(燭臺) a candlestick; a candle holder ; a candlestick; a candle holder
• 烛光(燭光) candle light; candle-lit (vigil etc); candela, unit of luminous intensity (cd) ; candela
• 插烛(插燭) to place a candle on a spike
• 烛光每平方米 candela per square metre
• 剪烛花(剪燭花) put out a candle
• 风烛残年(風燭殘年) one's late days; to have one foot in the grave
• 明烛(明燭) a bright candle
• 蜡烛稗(蠟燭稗) pearl millet
• 灯烛(燈燭) a lamp
• 秉烛(秉燭) by bright candlelight
• 圣烛节(聖燭節) Candlemas (Christian Festival on 2nd February)
• 浇烛(澆燭) to dip a candle
• 银烛(銀燭) a bright candle
• 蜡烛不点不亮(蠟燭不點不亮) some people have to be pushed for them to take action
• 蜡烛(蠟燭) candle
• 火烛(火燭) fire and candles; household things that burn
• 烛花(燭花) the flame of a candle ; the stub of a burned out candle
• 烛火(燭火) candle flame
• 风中之烛(風中之燭) candle in the wind; (of sb's life) feeble; hanging on a thread
• 烛泪(燭淚) drop of melted wax that runs down the side of a candle
• 红烛(紅燭) red candle
• 倒吊蜡烛(倒吊蠟燭) Wrightia tinctoria (flowering plant in Apocynaceae family, common names dyer's oleander or pala indigo)
• 风中烛，瓦上霜(風中燭，瓦上霜) like a candle in the wind, or frost on the roof; (of sb's life) feeble; hanging on a thread
• 烛架(燭架) candlestick holder; candlestand; candelabra
• 蜡烛两头烧(蠟燭兩頭燒) to burn the candle at both ends; to labor under a double burden
• 洞房花烛(洞房花燭) bridal room and ornamented candles; wedding festivities

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洞房花烛夜

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• 卷五十七 志第十 天文十 Volume 57 Treatises 10: Astronomy 10 History of Song 宋史 — count: 24
• 卷三十二　　　　志第二十二　　天文二 Volume 32 Treatises 26: Astronomy 2 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 23
• 卷七十一　志第二十二: 　禮樂五 Volume 71 Treatises 24: Rites and Music 5 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 12
• 卷三十五 Scroll 35 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 11
• 卷十三 Scroll 13 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 10
• 卷七十二　志第二十三: 　祭祀一 Volume 72 Treatises 25: Offerings 1 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 10
• 卷105之四 天象志一之四 Volume 105d Treatise 1: Celestial Phenomena 4 Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 8
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• 卷五十五 Scroll 55 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 7
• 卷二四　列傳第十六　 孫搴 陳元康 杜弼 Volume 24 Biographies 16: Sun Qian (Eastern Wei); Chen Yuankang; Du Bi Book of Northern Qi 北齊書 — count: 7

Collocations

• 执烛 (執燭) 使鍾吾人執燭庸 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 17
• 不能烛 (不能燭) 不能燭私 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 孤憤第十一 Chapter 11: Cynicism — count: 8
• 烛庸 (燭庸) 燭庸之越駟乘 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 7
• 灭烛 (滅燭) 灭烛 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 士丧礼 第十二 12. Mourning rites for the common officer — count: 5
• 烛地 (燭地) 流星光燭地 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷十 成帝紀 Volume 10: Annals of Emperor Cheng — count: 4
• 膏烛 (膏燭) 此膏燭之類也 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷一　原道訓 Chapter 1: The Original Way — count: 4
• 烛雏 (燭雛) 使燭雛主鳥而亡之 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷九 正諫 Chapter 9: Direct Advice — count: 4
• 未烛 (未燭) 未燭厥理 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷八 宣帝紀 Volume 8: Annals of Emperor Xuan — count: 4
• 二烛 (二燭) 君堂上二燭 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《喪大記》 The Greater Record of Mourning Rites — count: 4
• 举烛 (舉燭) 舉燭 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 外儲說左上第三十二 Chapter 32: A Collection of Sayings III — count: 4