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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
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
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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
the Bering Strait (between Siberia and Alaska)
(bird species of China) white-throated redstart (Phoenicurus schisticeps)
white hair (of animals) / see also 白髮|白发
incandescent light
(bird species of China) white-rumped snowfinch (Onychostruthus taczanowskii)
Baiyin, a district of Baiyin City 白銀市|白银市, Gansu
Belarus
brilliant white snow cover (esp. of distant peaks)
White Day
plain boiled water
(bird species of China) Himalayan bulbul (Pycnonotus leucogenys)
bald eagle
idiocy / idiot
(bird species of China) white-crested laughingthrush (Garrulax leucolophus)
(bird species of China) bonin petrel (Pterodroma hypoleuca)
(loanword) brandy
to visit a prostitute without paying / (slang) to consume a service without paying
(slang) the one that got away
(bird species of China) brown noddy (Anous stolidus)
to go on an errand for nothing / to go on a wild-goose chase
IOU / informal document acknowledging a debt
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)
white goods (such as refrigerators and washing machines)
gilt-edged securities
to waste (one's energy etc)
"Ms Perfect" (i.e. fair-skinned, rich and beautiful) (Internet slang)
whiteboard / tabula rasa / blank slate
whitelist
(coll.) to talk rubbish
day shift
(bird species of China) white-necklaced partridge (Arborophila gingica)
ambulance (slang) (Cantonese)
White Bone Spirit (in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记) / (fig.) sly and cunning person
plain white cloth / calico
writings in the vernacular
leukotriene (biochemistry)
white slave / (neologism that peaked in the 2000s–2010s) white-collar slave (office worker who is overworked and exploited)
(polished) rice
blank exam paper
no use / no good
ginkgo
Norman Bethune (1890-1939), Canadian doctor, worked for communists in Spanish civil war and for Mao in Yan'an, where he died of blood poisoning
white peppercorn
Baisha or Paisha township in Penghu county 澎湖縣|澎湖县 (Pescadores Islands), Taiwan
(bird species of China) white eared pheasant (Crossoptilon crossoptilon)
to daydream / to indulge in wishful thinking
White Tiger (the seven mansions of the west sky) / (slang) hairless female genitalia
Bai Juyi (772-846), Tang dynasty poet
sweet potato
free verse in the vernacular
Snow White
(bird species of China) lesser whitethroat (Curruca curruca)
Aries (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
cataract (ophthalmology)
vitiligo
(bird species of China) white-collared yuhina (Parayuhina diademata)
White Terror
White Lotus society
to live (somewhere) for free
Belarus
Baisha Lizu autonomous county, Hainan
Baiyang Lake in Hebei
a slight blemish
(slang) stupid / moron
(name of a person) Bai Suzhen, from Madame White Snake
Aries (star sign)
cogongrass (Imperata cylindrica), used as thatching material in China and Indonesia
albumin
white or gray hair / CL:
daydream / reverie
Tale of the White Snake / Madame White Snake
daikon; white radish (Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus)
a Prince Charming; the man of one's dreams
white man or woman; Caucasian
to freeload
vitiligo
Baiyin, prefecture-level city in Gansu Province 甘肅省|甘肃省
Bai Xianyong (1937-), Chinese-Taiwanese-US novelist of Hui descent
dolomite
plain cooked rice / rice with nothing to go with it
Cretaceous (geological period 140-65m years ago)
(coll.) very low price; dirt cheap price
root of Chinese pulsatilla / Chinese bulbul
The West Wing (US TV series)
vitiligo
(of a product) unbranded
dysentery characterized by white mucous stool / white diarrhea
to give sb a dirty look; to cast a supercilious glance / a disdainful look
white dwarf

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