臘
là

year end sacrifice

腊 (臘) là
12th lunar month time word
the 12th month of the traditional Chinese lunar calendar

进入腊月，年味儿就越来越浓了。

jìn​rù là yuè, nián​wèi'er jiù yuè​lái​yuè nóng le.

As the twelfth lunar month begins, the atmosphere of the New Year gets stronger.

cured noun
meat or fish preserved and dried in winter, especially during the 12th lunar month

每到冬日，老百姓都有腌腊的习俗。

měi dào dōng​rì, lǎo​bǎi​xìng dōu yǒu yān là de xí​sú.

Every winter, people have the custom of curing meat.

sacrifice time word
ancient practice of offering sacrifices to the gods in the 12th lunar month

古人在岁末举行腊，以祭祀众神。

gǔ​rén zài suì​mò jǔ​xíng là, yǐ jì​sì zhòng shén.

The ancients held the La sacrifice at the end of the year to worship the gods.

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,497th most common 71.8 per million
Movie subtitles
1,941st most common 21.4 per million appears in 7% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
0.860 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text
3.76 per million

Details
Simplified
腊
Strokes
19
Unicode
U+81D8

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)