year end sacrifice

Senses

/ 臘 variants: 臈, 腊 twelfth lunar month

(bound form) the twelfth month of the lunar calendar

/ 臘 variants: 臈, 腊 cured

(bound form) cured or preserved in winter, specifically salted and then air-dried or smoked, used for meat and fish

[sacrificial rite]

(old variant) an ancient year-end sacrificial rite held in the twelfth month of the lunar calendar

twelfth lunar month; cured meat

(old variant of ) the twelfth month of the lunar calendar or meat salted and dried or smoked in winter

spleen

(archaic) ancient name for the spleen

References

old_variant 臈/臈 腊/臘