蜡像

蠟像

làxiàng

noun #25,988

Measure Word

一座蜡像 zuò

Meanings

1 wax figure
2 waxwork

Characters

image; likeness; portrait

Examples

博物馆里有许多名人蜡像。

Bówùguǎn lǐ yǒu xǔduō míngrén làxiàng.

The museum has many wax figures of famous people.

他的蜡像被放在蜡像馆展览。

Tā de làxiàng bèi fàngzài làxiàngguǎn zhǎnlǎn.

His wax figure is on display at the wax museum.

Tips

memory

蜡 (wax) + 像 (image/likeness) = a waxen image. Think of Madame Tussauds — 蜡 sounds like 'la' as in the candle wax used to sculpt them.

Stroke Order

蜡 là

像 xiàng