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(2) The spoken parts of opera, such as dialogue: 說白，道白 also 白口（兒） [bai2kou1] ([er0])↓;
獨白 soliloquy.
(3) 浮一大白 (*[bo2]) have a strong drink, to celebrate (大白 name of goblet).
自白 to explain oneself, confess;
無以自白 no chance to explain;
含冤莫白 suffer unjust accusation, with no chance to clear one's name;
真相大白 the case is entirely cleared up.
(2) Turn white: 白了少年頭 hair turns white on a young head, from deep sorrow.
白頭偕老 (of married couple) reach old age together;
雪白 white as snow;
這丫頭生得白白淨淨的 this maid has a very fair complexion;
白茫茫 cloud-covered, mist-covered;
白晃晃，白晰晰，白皚皚，白森森 dazzlingly white;
白生生 (of complexion) pale;
白鄧鄧 white with anger;
白眼 cold stare, cold disdainful look, showing white of eye: 遭人白眼 receive such stare;
白眼看人 giving such look;
白駒過隙 phr., life is short like white pony's shadow across a crevice;
白面書生 white-faced scholar, inexperienced in life;
白眉赤眼兒 phr., bare-faced (lie);
白色恐怖 white terror;
白雲蒼狗 (allu.) the vicissitudes of fortune, events (like changing cloud formations);
白雲親舍 phr., remembrance of parents (home) “from sight of white clouds”;
the color of mourning: 穿白 wear white of mourning;
hence 白事 (**[bai2]) funeral, contrasted with 紅事 wedding;
hence 紅白 wedding and funeral gifts;
part of many compp., as 白糖 [bai2tang2], 白麵 [bai2mian4]↓.
(2) Clear: 明白 clear, easy to understand;
不清不白，不明不白 not clear, also not open, slightly underhand (of conduct).
(3) Clean, pure, whole, plain, unmixed, unblemished, unused: 潔白 fresh and clean (skin, laundry);
一面白鏡子 has a clear face, or innocent heart;
白開水 plain boiled water;
白飯 rice without things to go with it, also white, polished rice;
白文 text without commentary;
白煮 boiled in plain water;
繳白卷 hand in blank examination paper;
白手 empty-handed;
白手成家 built up fortune from scratch, a self-made man;
白璧微瑕 (**[bo2]) phr., slight flaw in a white jade, (fig.) blemish in man's good character.
白忙 work in vain, waste efforts;
白費（脣舌，金錢，工夫） waste (words, money, efforts);
這話不是白說了麼 don't you think the words were completely wasted? 白死，白活 die, live in vain;
白念，白想 hope futilely;
白白的 without results;
白充數 just fill up the number without competency;
白效勞，白勞神 labor in vain;
白得了 got it free;
白走了一趟 made a trip to no purpose;
白做了一天工夫 work a whole day without results;
白送，白給 give away, give away foolishly;
白吃 eat without pay;
白地斷肝腸 (*[bo2]) vainly longing for loved one.
(2) Simply, just: 叫了半天，白不答應 knocked at the door for a long time, but just got no reply;
他今天不知怎的，白不肯吃酒 he simply refused to drink today, I don't know why.
2.白鉛 [bai2qian1], n., zinc.
3.白錢 [bai2qian2], n., (1) paper money for the dead; (2) (dial.) a pickpocket.
4.白鏹 **[bai2qiang2], n., silver.
5.白契 [bai2qi4], n., unregistered deed, contract, contrasted with 紅契.
6.白癡 *[bo2chi1], n., idiot, mentally arrested person.
7.白屈菜 [bai2qU1cai4], n., a medical herb, Chelidonium majus.
8.白搭 [bai2da1], adv., in vain.
9.白打 [bai2da3], n. & v.i., (AC) game of shuttlecocks; (a hand) fight without weapons.
10.白帶 [bai2dai4], n., leucorrhoea.
11.白癜風 [bai2dian4feng1], n., (med.) see 癜 61A.82.
12.白丁 **[bai2ding1], n., illiterate person; (AC) common man, private.
13.白丁香 [bai2ding1xiang1], n., (bot.) white lilac; sparrow drippings used for treating wounds.
14.白豆 [bai2dou4], n., (bot.) white peas or beans.
15.白
[bai2dun3], n., kaolin, white clay used for porcelain. 16.白堊 **[bai2e4]1, n., (min.) chalk; n., 白堊系 [bai2e4xi4], n., (geol.) cretaceous system.
17.白萼 [bai2e4]2, n., (bot.)＝玉簪, the tuberose, also Hosta sieboldiana.
18.白俄 [bai2e4]3, n., White Russian(s).
19.白礬 [bai2fan2], n., alum.
20.白附子 [bai2fu4zi3], n., (bot.) a medical herb.
21.白乾（兒） [bai2gan1]([bai2ga1er0]), n., strong liquor made from 高粱 60.42 [gao1liang2].
22.白鴿 [bai2ge1], n., pigeon; 白鴿眼 look of disdain.
23.白圭 **[bo2gui1], (AC) allu., need for caution in speech (can grind off flaw in jade, but not undo damage of words).
24.白宮 [bai2gong1], n., the White House.
25.白果（兒） [bai2guo3]([er0]), n., (1) gingko tree, its fruits; 白果松 the gingko pine; (2) euphem. for hen's egg (to avoid the word “egg”).
26.白骨 **[bai2gu3], n., bones of the dead.
27.白蒿 [bai2hao1], n., (bot.) white rush, Artemisia stelleriana.
28.白喉 [bai2hou2], n., diphtheria.
29.白花 [bai2hua0], n. & v.t., sweet words to console; [bai2hua1], spend (time, money) without results.
30.白話 [bai2hua4], n., the vernacular: 白話文學 vernacular literature.
31.白化病 [bai2hua4bing4], n., a plant disease, causing loss of colors in leaves.
32.白灰 [bai2hui1], n., lime.
33.白貨 [bai2huo4], n., (coll.) heroin.
34.白虎 [bai2hu3], n., “White Tiger”: (a) an evil spirit; (b) name of a star; (c) the right side; (d) a woman without pubic hair.
35.白齋 [bai2zhai1], n., vegetarian fast, excluding also salt, sauces.
36.白
**[bo2jian3], n., (LL) letter of impeachment. 37.白殭蠶 [bai2jiang1can2], n., silkworm which died from a certain disease, used as medicine.
38.白金 **[bai2jin1], n., platinum.
39.白酒 [bai2jiu3], n., [bai2gan1]↑.
40.白芨 **[bai2ji2], n., (bot.) mucilaginous root, used as medicine.
41.白晝 **[bo2zhou4], n. & adv., (in) daytime.
42.白紵 *[bo2zhu4], n., fine linen.
43.白濁 [bai2zhuo2], n., gonorrhea.
44.白朮 [bai2zhu2], n., see 朮 10.01.
45.白芷 [bai2zhi3], n., (also wr. 白茞) (bot.) Angelica anomala, an aromatic herb.
46.白口（兒） [bai2kou1]([er0]), n., dialogue spoken part in opera.
47.白蠟 [bai2la4]1, n., white wax: 白蠟蟲 (zoo.) Flata limbata, insect which exudes material for making wax.
48.白鑞 [bai2la4]2, n., solder.
49.白蘭地 [bo2lan2di4], n., brandy.
50.白蘞 **[bo2lian4], n., (bot.) Ampelopsis serjaniaefolia.
51.白練 [bai2lian4], n., (LL) white silk; (fig.) waterfall.
52.白蓮教 [bai2lian2jiao4], n., White Lotus Society, a secret sect.
53.白痢 [bai2li4], n., (med.) dysentery, dysenteria alba.
54.白領階級 [bai2ling3jie1ji2], phr., white-collar workers.
55.白榴石 [bai2liu2shi2], n., (min.) a kind of marble.
56.白蛉子 [bai2ling2zi0] ([bai3ling2zi0]), n., a kind of gnat.
57.白露 **[bai2lu4]1, n., name of season in old calendar, about Sept. 8.
58.白鷺 [bai2lu4]2, n., egret.
59.白螞蟻 [bai2ma3yi4], n., white ant (also 白蟻 [bai2yi4]).
60.白毛兒汗 [bai2maarer0han4], n., big sweat.
61.白麻 **[bai2ma2], n., (1) hemp; (2) (AC) imperial edict.
62.白茅 [bai2mao2], n., reed, Imperata arundinacea; 白茅千里 a stretch of monotony.
63.白煤 [bai2mei2]1, n., anthracite.
64.白黴 [bai2mei2]2, n., Mucor stolonifer, white mould on bread, etc.
65.白麵 [bai2mian4], n., white wheat flour; 白麵兒 [bai2miaher0], heroin.
66.白描 **[bo2miao2], v.i. & n., paint, sketch, chiefly contour lines without color.
67.白蜜 [bai2mi4], n., white honey.
68.白民 **[bo2min2], n., (AC) common people＝白丁.
69.白墨 [bai2mo4]1, n., (dial.) chalk.
70.白膜 **[bai2mo4]2, n., (biol.) sclerotic coat in the eye.
71.白木耳 [bai2mu4er3], n., edible, gelatinous white tree fungus.
72.白內障 [bai2nei4zhang4], n., (med.) cataract.
73.白拈賊 [bai2nian1zei2], n., a shoplifter.
74.白砒 [bai2pi1], n.,＝砒霜 arsenic.
75.白皮書 [bai2pi2shu1], n., a white paper issued by government.
76.白皮松 [bai2pi2song1], n., white pine.
77.白熱 [bai2re4], adj., white heat: 白熱化 adv., extreme state of passion; adj., 白熱電燈 n., tungsten lamp.
78.白刃 *[bo2ren4], n., naked knives, swords: 白刃戰 (mil.) hand-to-hand combat, bayonet charge.
79.白人 [bai2ren2], n., white man.
80.白日 **[bai2ri4], adv., in broad daylight: 白日見鬼 phr., (derog.) wild daydream, pure fantasy.
81.白砂 [bai2sha1], n., silica or silex.
82.白沙糖 [bai2sha1tang2], n., refined cane sugar.
83.白墡 **[bai2shan4]1, n., see [bai2e4]1↑.
84.白鱔 [bai2shan4]2, n., white eel.
85.白芍 [bai2shao2], n., (bot.) root of peony (芍藥 20A.50) used as medicine.
86.白
**[bai2xiang3], n., a kind of preserved fish (also 白首魚 Seiaena schlegeli). 87.白下 *[bo2xia4], n., (MC) anc. name of Nanking.
88.白相 *[bo2xiang4], v.t., (Shanghai dial.) to loaf and seek pleasure: 白相人 (dial.) playboy.
89.白鮮 [bai2xian1], n., (bot.) (also wr. 白羶，白羊鮮) Dictamnus albus, a medicinal herb.
90.白鷴 (also 鷳) **[bai2xian2], n., (zoo.) a kind of pheasant, Phasianus nyothemerus.
91.白蛸 [bai2xiao1], n., insect which blights rice plants.
92.白晢 **[bai2xi4], (also 白晰), adj., (LL) pure white (complexion).
93.白錫 [bai2xi2], n., pewter.
94.白首 **[bai2shou3], adj., white-haired.
95.白薯 [bai2shu3], n., potato.
96.白四喜兒 [bai2shi1xie1er0], n., clown in opera, whose nose region is painted white.
97.白癬 [bai2xUan1], n., (med.) ringworm.
98.白血病 [bai2xUe4bing4], n., leukemia.
99.白熊 [bai2xiong2], n., the white bear.
100.白松 [bai2song1], n., white pine.
101.白糖 [bai2tang2], n., refined sugar.
102.白藤 [bai2teng2], n., rattan, cane plant.
103.白天 [bai2tian1], n., daytime; adv., in daytime.
104.白鰷 [bai2tiao2], n., a fish (also
魚 Zucco platypus). 105.白鐵 [bai2tie3], n., tin, tin plate.
106.白頭翁 [bai2tou2weng1], n., (zoo.) the grey starling, Sturnus cineraceus.
107.白菜 [bai2cai4], n., cabbage.
108.白團扇 *[bo2tuan2shan3], n., white round silk fan.
109.白兔 *[bo2tu4], n., the rabbit in the moon; the moon.
110.白銅 [bai2tong2], n., white copper.
111.白字 [bai2zi4], n., ＝別字 [bie2zi4], incorrect form of a character.
112.白薇 [bai2wei2], n., (bot.) Cynanchum atratum.
113.白文 [bai2wen2], n., text without commentary.
114.白雁 [bo2yan4], n., the white goose.
115.白楊 [bai2yang2], n., the white poplar, Populus balsamifera.
116.白衣 *[bo2yi1], n., (AC) common people; 白衣天使 “white angel,” nurse in white; 白衣大士 the Goddess of Mercy (Kwanyin).
117.白蟻 [bai2yi4], n., white ant.
118.白銀 [bai2yin2], n., silver dollar or ingot.
119.白芋 [bai2yU4], n., (bot.) small, white taro.
120.白魚 **[bai2yU2]1, n., (1) the white fish; (2) an insect (also 衣魚 Lepisma saccharina) which eats into clothing, paper.
121.白榆 **[bai2yU2]2, n., (bot.) the white elm.
122.白雲母 [bai2yUn2mu3], n., (min.) muscovite, of the mica group.
123.白雲石 [bai2yUn2shi2], n., dolomite, a kind of white marble.