| 臘 | 717C25 42A.70-9 | 部居  | 畫數 19 | ㄌㄚˋ [la4] . [Pop.腊] | ||
| N. | (1) Year-end sacrifice to the gods, hence the 12th lunar month: 臘月 [la4yUe4], 臘日 [la4ri4]↓; 臘盡冬殘 end of the year. (2) Dried or preserved meat or fish made in winter: 臘肉 [la4rou4], 臘味 [la4wei4]↓; 燒臘 collective name for all dried and preserved meat and fish; 臘魚，臘鴨 dried or salted fish, duck. (3) (LL) the age of a Buddhist monk. | |||||
| Words | 1. 臘八 [la4ba1], n., the 8th day of the 12th lunar month; 臘八粥 [la4ba1zhuo1], gruel with nuts and dates eaten on that day. 2. 臘腸 [la4chang2], n., sausage; n., 臘腸狗 [la4chang2gou3], n., dachshund, so called presumably for its physical likeness to a sausage. 3. 臘鼓 [la4gu3], n., drum beaten on the 8th day of the 12th lunar month, hence the approaching year-end. 4. 臘梅 [la4mei2], n., (bot.) the winter-sweet, Calycanthus praecox (same as 蠟梅). 5. 臘肉 [la4rou4], n., dried or preserved meat. 6. 臘日 [la4ri4], n., the 8th day of the 12th lunar month (same as 臘八). 7. 臘味 [la4wei4], n., (1) collective name for all dried and salted meat and fish; (2) wine brewed in winter. 8. 臘月 [la4yUe4], n., the 12th lunar month. | |||||