吹灯拔蜡 chuīdēngbálà to die Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 吹灯拔蜡 吹燈拔蠟 chuīdēngbálà to die literally "to blow out the lamp and pull out the candle"; used euphemistically or humorously to refer to death; to bite the dust to fall through used to describe a situation, project, or relationship failing completely or being over and done with Frequency Written text 0.017 per million Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
吹灯拔蜡 吹燈拔蠟 chuīdēngbálà to die literally "to blow out the lamp and pull out the candle"; used euphemistically or humorously to refer to death; to bite the dust to fall through used to describe a situation, project, or relationship failing completely or being over and done with Frequency Written text 0.017 per million Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
