[bái]
[形]
(似雪的顏色) white
white as snow
雪白
a white shirt
白襯衫
have a fair complexion
皮膚白
white as a sheet
蒼白如紙
(清楚; 明白; 弄明白) clear
clear; easy to understand
明白
not clear; not open; slightly underhand
不明不白
Everything is clear now.
真相大白。
(空的; 沒加他物的) pure; clear; plain; unmixed; blank
plain boiled water
白開水
poor and blank
一窮二白
(象征反動) White (as a symbol of reaction)
the White Area
白區
the White Army
白軍
(把字寫錯或說錯) wrongly written or mispronounced
wrongly write a character
寫白字
[副]
(沒有效果; 徒然) without results; in vain; waste efforts
labour without results
白費力氣
make a trip in vain
白跑一趟
be unproductively busy for a whole day
白忙了一天
(無代價; 無報償) free of charge; gratis
eat without pay
白吃
give away free of charge; give for nothing
白給
see a free play
白看戲
[名]
(戲劇等中說的語句) spoken part in opera, etc.
spoken part in opera
道白
soliloquy
獨白
dialogue
對白
(姓氏) a surname
Bai Juyi
白居易
(地方話) dialect
Suzhou dialect
蘇白
[動]
(說明; 陳述) explain; present; clear up; state
bare one's heart; explain one's true intentions
表白心跡
explain oneself; confess
自白
vindicate
辯白
(變白) turn white
The hair turns white on a young head.
白了少年頭。
(用白眼珠看人) look upon people with the white of the eyes
She gave him an angry stare.
她生氣地白了他一眼。