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Definition
Wax sculpture; a three-dimensional wax artwork, typically depicting a real person.
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How it's used
Refers almost exclusively to life-sized human figures displayed in museums. While the term is straightforward, it carries a sense of uncanny realism because of the specific focus on mimicking human features. It is rarely used to describe abstract wax art, which would typically be referred to by more general terms like 藝術品.
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This wax figure is made to look just like a real person.
Have you guys been to the wax museum yet?
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Common phrases
wax museum
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
