[bái]
[形]
(似雪的颜色) white
white as snow
雪白
a white shirt
白衬衫
have a fair complexion
皮肤白
white as a sheet
苍白如纸
(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; 没加他物的) pure; clear; plain; unmixed; blank
plain boiled water
白开水
poor and blank
一穷二白
(象征反动) White (as a symbol of reaction)
the White Area
白区
the White Army
白军
(把字写错或说错) wrongly written or mispronounced
wrongly write a character
写白字
[副]
(没有效果; 徒然) without results; in vain; waste efforts
labour without results
白费力气
make a trip in vain
白跑一趟
be unproductively busy for a whole day
白忙了一天
(无代价; 无报偿) free of charge; gratis
eat without pay
白吃
give away free of charge; give for nothing
白给
see a free play
白看戏
[名]
(戏剧等中说的语句) spoken part in opera, etc.
spoken part in opera
道白
soliloquy
独白
dialogue
对白
(姓氏) a surname
Bai Juyi
白居易
(地方话) dialect
Suzhou dialect
苏白
[动]
(说明; 陈述) explain; present; clear up; state
bare one's heart; explain one's true intentions
表白心迹
explain oneself; confess
自白
vindicate
辩白
(变白) turn white
The hair turns white on a young head.
白了少年头。
(用白眼珠看人) look upon people with the white of the eyes
She gave him an angry stare.
她生气地白了他一眼。