- 蜡烛 làzhú candle
- 烛光 zhúguāng candelathe SI unit of luminous intensity (cd)
- 烛台 zhútái candlesticka stand or device used for holding one or more candles
- 香烛 xiāngzhú incense and candlesjoss stick and candle
- 红烛 hóngzhú red candlered candle (used during birthdays and other celebrations)
- 洞房花烛 dòngfánghuāzhú wedding nightbridal room and ornamented candles; refers to the wedding night or wedding festivities
- 风烛残年 fēngzhúcánnián declining yearsthe final years of one's life, typically characterized by physical frailty or being near death
- 火烛 huǒzhú fire and candlesfire and candles or other combustible household items, especially in the context of fire safety
- 花烛 huāzhú anthuriuma genus of flowering plants in the arum family, often grown for their showy heart-shaped bracts
- 烛泪 zhúlèi candle drippingsa drop of melted wax that runs down the side of a candle
- 风中之烛 fēngzhōngzhīzhú feeblereferring to a person's life or vitality as being extremely weak and hanging by a thread, often due to old age or severe illness
- 倒吊蜡烛 dàodiàolàzhú dyer's oleanderWrightia tinctoria (flowering plant in Apocynaceae family, common names dyer's oleander or pala indigo)
- 烛架 zhújià candlestandA stand or support used for holding one or more candles, such as a candlestick holder or candelabra.
- 炳烛 bǐngzhú by candlelightby bright candlelight
- 蜡烛不点不亮 làzhúbùdiǎnbùliàng needs pushingsome people have to be pushed for them to take action
- 蜡烛两头烧 làzhúliǎngtóushāo overextendto burn the candle at both ends; to labor under a double burden, typically by managing two heavy responsibilities simultaneously
- 风中烛,瓦上霜 fēngzhōngzhú, wǎshàngshuāng precariousdescribing someone's life as being extremely fragile and hanging by a thread, like a candle in the wind or frost on a roof
- 洞房花烛夜 dòngfánghuāzhúyè wedding night
- 烛火 zhúhuǒ candle flame
- 圣烛节 Shèngzhújié CandlemasCandlemas (Christian festival on 2nd February)
Sources
- Frequency data
- MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CH