「煲蠟」
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| Pronunciation: | bou1 laap6 | 
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       煲 boil; cooking pot; kettle; cooker; boiler; to boil; to smoke cigarettes 蠟 wax; polish  | 
    
| Part of Speech: | verb | 
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          to boil wax; wax burning; wax boiling; a game commonly played during the Mid-autumn festival, in which wax candles are put into a metal container (e.g. a mooncake box) to be melted and sometimes water is sprayed onto the melted wax to create a fireball (Note: It has been banned in many places since the game is extremely dangerous and environmentally unfriendly) 
          
          
        
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
        (Eng.) Last night, a total of 40 people sought medical help due to injuries related to wax burning.
         
        
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| See also: | 蠟像 打蠟 蠟 | 
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