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.