腊（臘）;[臈]làⅠ ❶ (古代在农历12月里合祭众神) the ancient practice of sacrifices to the gods in the twelfth month of the lunar year, hence the term “sacrificial” for the twelfth moon: ～ 尽冬残 the end of the lunar year
❷ （姓氏） a surname: ～ 晟 La Sheng Ⅱ （冬天腌制后风干或熏干的） cured (fish, meat, etc., generally done in the twelfth moon): ～ 鱼 dried or salted fish
另见 see also xī。
◆腊八 the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month; 腊八粥 rice porridge with nuts and dried fruit eaten on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month; 腊肠sausage; allant; 腊梅Japan allspice; wintersweet; Chimonanthus fragrans; Calycanthus praecox; Meratia praecox; Meratia; Chimonanthus; 腊肉 cured meat; bacon; buccaneer; 腊月 the twelfth month of the lunar year; the twelfth moon
腊xī[书] Ⅰ （干肉） dried meat Ⅱ ❶ （晒干） dry up in the sun
❷ （皮肤皴裂） (of skin) be chapped from the cold Ⅲ （极） very; extremely
另见 see also là。 腊laan ancient sacrifice which took place each (lunar) year shortly after the winter solstice |