"蠟燭——勿點勿亮" meaning in Chinese

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "蜡烛——勿点勿亮",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "蠟燭——弗點弗亮"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "蠟燭——勿點勿亮",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "A candle – no fire, no light",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese xiehouyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Northern Wu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to not understand someone else's thoughts and intentions if not explicitly told; to not act unless clearly prompted to"
      ],
      "id": "en-蠟燭——勿點勿亮-zh-phrase-hXeluVA6",
      "links": [
        [
          "understand",
          "understand"
        ],
        [
          "thoughts",
          "thoughts"
        ],
        [
          "intentions",
          "intentions"
        ],
        [
          "told",
          "told"
        ],
        [
          "act",
          "act"
        ],
        [
          "prompted",
          "prompted"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Northern Wu, of a person) to not understand someone else's thoughts and intentions if not explicitly told; to not act unless clearly prompted to"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a person"
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "蠟燭"
        },
        {
          "word": "蜡烛"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁸laq-tsoq ⁶veq₈-ti ⁶veq₈-lian"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁸laeq-tsoq₇ ⁷feq-tie₃ ⁷feq-lian₆"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁸laq-tsoq ⁶veq₈-ti ⁶veq₈-lian"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lah^入 tsoh veh^入 ti veh^入 lian"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁵laq-tsoq ³veq₅-ti ³veq₅-lian"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/laʔ¹¹ t͡soʔ²³ vəʔ²² ti⁴⁴ vəʔ²² liã⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁸laeq-tsoq₇ ⁷feq-tie₃ ⁷feq-lian₆"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "laeh^入 tsoh^入 feh^入 tie^上 feh^入 lian^去"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/laʔ³³ t͡soʔ⁴⁴ fəʔ⁵⁵ tɪ³³ fəʔ⁵⁵ liã⁵²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/laʔ¹¹ t͡soʔ²³ vəʔ²² ti⁴⁴ vəʔ²² liã⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/laʔ³³ t͡soʔ⁴⁴ fəʔ⁵⁵ tɪ³³ fəʔ⁵⁵ liã⁵²³/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "蠟燭——勿點勿亮"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "蜡烛——勿点勿亮",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "蠟燭——弗點弗亮"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "蠟燭——勿點勿亮",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "A candle – no fire, no light",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "蠟燭"
    },
    {
      "word": "蜡烛"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 亮",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 勿",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 燭",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 蠟",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 點",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Chinese xiehouyu",
        "Northern Wu",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Wu idioms",
        "Wu lemmas"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to not understand someone else's thoughts and intentions if not explicitly told; to not act unless clearly prompted to"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "understand",
          "understand"
        ],
        [
          "thoughts",
          "thoughts"
        ],
        [
          "intentions",
          "intentions"
        ],
        [
          "told",
          "told"
        ],
        [
          "act",
          "act"
        ],
        [
          "prompted",
          "prompted"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Northern Wu, of a person) to not understand someone else's thoughts and intentions if not explicitly told; to not act unless clearly prompted to"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a person"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁸laq-tsoq ⁶veq₈-ti ⁶veq₈-lian"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁸laeq-tsoq₇ ⁷feq-tie₃ ⁷feq-lian₆"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁸laq-tsoq ⁶veq₈-ti ⁶veq₈-lian"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lah^入 tsoh veh^入 ti veh^入 lian"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁵laq-tsoq ³veq₅-ti ³veq₅-lian"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/laʔ¹¹ t͡soʔ²³ vəʔ²² ti⁴⁴ vəʔ²² liã⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁸laeq-tsoq₇ ⁷feq-tie₃ ⁷feq-lian₆"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "laeh^入 tsoh^入 feh^入 tie^上 feh^入 lian^去"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/laʔ³³ t͡soʔ⁴⁴ fəʔ⁵⁵ tɪ³³ fəʔ⁵⁵ liã⁵²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/laʔ¹¹ t͡soʔ²³ vəʔ²² ti⁴⁴ vəʔ²² liã⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/laʔ³³ t͡soʔ⁴⁴ fəʔ⁵⁵ tɪ³³ fəʔ⁵⁵ liã⁵²³/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "蠟燭——勿點勿亮"
}