白菜 | bok-choi (Chinese cabbage with green leaves and white stem) |
白白 | in vain |
白吃 | eat without paying |
蛋白 | egg white |
白金 | platinum |
白開水 | plain boiled water |
空白 | blank |
明白 | understand |
反白 | reverse type (white on black) |
平白 | for no reason / gratuitously |
白字 | wrongly written Chinese character (usually with the same pronunciation as the correct one) |
白雲 | white clouds |
白旗 | flag of surrender |
潔白 | clean and white, pure, innocent |
清白 | innocent (not guilty) |
漂白 | to bleach |
白花花 | shining white (usually used to describe lots of money) |
白衣天使 | nurse |
白馬王子 | prince charming |
白日夢 | day dream |
白費 | waste |
白宮 | the White House |
眼白 | white of the eye |
空白 | blank |
自白 | confession |
開場白 | prologue of a play |
真相大白 | the whole truth is revealed |
黑白分明 | black and white clearly distinguished (right and wrong clearly shown) |