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white / fig. reactionary / anti-communist
HSK 2
Chinese cabbage, esp. napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis) / sometimes used to refer to bok choy (Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis) / CL: , 個|个
HSK 3
clear; obvious; unequivocal / sensible; reasonable / to understand; to realize
HSK 1
daytime / during the day / day / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
baijiu, a spirit usually distilled from sorghum / (Tw) white wine (abbr. for 白葡萄酒)
HSK 5
in vain / to no purpose / for nothing / white
HSK 7-9
white lab coat (worn by medical staff); (metonym) clinician; medical professional
honest / forthcoming / to confess
HSK 7-9
daikon; white radish (Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus)
dialogue (in a movie or a play)
HSK 7-9
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white / snowy / pure / bright / empty / blank / plain / clear / to make clear / in vain / gratuitous / free of charge / reactionary / anti-communist / funeral / to stare coldly / to write wrong character / to state / to explain / vernacular / spoken lines in opera
HSK 1
white-collar / white-collar worker
HSK 6
prologue of play / opening remarks / preamble (of speeches, articles etc)
HSK 7-9
to waste (one's energy etc)
(of facts or truth) to become fully revealed; to come to light / (old) wine cup / (coll.) whiting (used in whitewash) / (coll.) (neologism c. 2020) healthcare worker in a full-body protective suit (from the white robot Baymax in Disney's "Big Hero 6", called "大白" in Chinese)
white hair (of animals) / see also 白髮|白发
white chocolate
white chocolate (abbr. for 白巧克力)
to worry oneself sick / to fret
Byelorussian (person)
(bird species of China) white-rumped snowfinch (Onychostruthus taczanowskii)
(bird species of China) white-headed duck (Oxyura leucocephala)
to explain oneself / to express / to reveal one's thoughts or feelings / declaration / confession
HSK 7-9
Elizabeth (person name)
impoverished / backward both economically and culturally
spoken lines in opera
lit. (cloud shapes) changing from a white shirt to a gray dog (idiom) / fig. the unpredictable changeability of the world
incandescent light
black and white / right and wrong / monochrome
HSK 7-9
not distinguishing red-green or black-white (idiom) / not to distinguish between right and wrong
milky white
plain cooked rice / rice with nothing to go with it
ash-colored
to speak frankly / frank; open; blunt
idiocy / idiot
not distinguishing red-green or black-white (idiom) / not to distinguish between right and wrong
(bird species of China) Eurasian spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)
empty promises
black-or-white (e.g. good or bad, with no middle ground)
to daydream / to indulge in wishful thinking
lit. black and white clearly contrasted (idiom) / fig. unambiguous; black-and-white; in sharp contrast; to distinguish clearly right from wrong
not distinguishing black or white (idiom); not to distinguish between right and wrong
to visit a prostitute without paying / (slang) to consume a service without paying
to turn white-hot / to intensify / to reach a climax
a Prince Charming; the man of one's dreams
collagen
(slang) the one that got away
(bird species of China) Reeves's pheasant (Syrmaticus reevesii)
Elizabeth / also written 伊麗莎白|伊丽莎白
Chinese cabbage; napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis) / CL:
Li Bai (701-762), famous Tang Dynasty poet
to go on an errand for nothing / to go on a wild-goose chase
white marble / a type of white marble used for building and sculpting
plain boiled water
Baisha (common place name) / Baisha Lizu autonomous county, Hainan / Baisha or Paisha township in Penghu county 澎湖縣|澎湖县 (Pescadores Islands), Taiwan
thankless wretch; an ingrate
leukemia
"angel in white" (laudatory term for a nurse)
Elizabeth (name) / also written 伊麗莎白|伊丽莎白
white paper (e.g. containing proposals for new legislation) / white book
white goods (such as refrigerators and washing machines)
white of the eye
grizzled (hair)
to turn pale / to lose color / to go white
daytime
white blood cell / leukocyte
(bird species of China) Lady Amherst's pheasant (Chrysolophus amherstiae)
lit. a white cloud transforms into what looks like a gray dog (idiom) / fig. the unpredictable changeability of the world
milky white / cream color
"Ms Perfect" (i.e. fair-skinned, rich and beautiful) (Internet slang)
whiteboard / tabula rasa / blank slate
perfectly clean / blameless / unimpeachable (idiom)
unrighted wrong / unredressed injustice
Mt Taibai in Shaanxi
(coll.) to talk rubbish
day shift
the white race
Baiyin, a district of Baiyin City 白銀市|白银市, Gansu
White Bone Spirit (in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记) / (fig.) sly and cunning person
lipoprotein
spotlessly white / pure white
plain white cloth / calico
Tale of the White Snake / Madame White Snake
silver
black and white TV
to eat without paying / to freeload
to play the role of the villain (idiom)
broad daylight
leukotriene (biochemistry)
white slave / (neologism that peaked in the 2000s–2010s) white-collar slave (office worker who is overworked and exploited)
(polished) rice
white goods (abbr. for 白色家電|白色家电)
bald eagle
(Internet slang) sweet, naive young woman
to announce publicly / to explain oneself / to reveal one's feelings / to confess / to declare one's love
blank exam paper
attractive young man (usually derog.) / pretty boy / gigolo
no use / no good

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