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秉烛

bǐng zhú

2-character word Traditional 秉燭

What 秉烛 means

1. variant of {炳烛|bǐng zhú}

The characters in 秉烛

• 秉bǐngto grasp; to hold; to maintain
• 烛zhúcandle; (literary) to illuminate

Sounds the same

Read bǐng zhú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 炳烛by bright candlelight

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