白

（似雪的颜色） white:

• 雪白

  white as snow;

• 白衬衫

  a white shirt;

• 皮肤白

  have a fair complexion;

• 苍白如纸

  white as a sheet

（清楚; 明白; 弄明白） clear:

• 明白

  clear; easy to understand;

• 不明不白

  not clear; not open; slightly underhand;

• 真相大白。

  Everything is clear now.

（空的; 没加他物的） pure; clear; plain; unmixed; blank:

• 白开水

  plain boiled water;

• 一穷二白

  poor and blank

（象征反动） White (as a symbol of reaction):

• 白区

  the White Area;

• 白军

  the White Army

（把字写错或说错） wrongly written or mispronounced:

• 写白字

  wrongly write a character

（没有效果; 徒然） without results; in vain; waste efforts:

• 白费力气

  labour without results;

• 白跑一趟

  make a trip in vain;

• 白忙了一天

  be unproductively busy for a whole day

（无代价; 无报偿） free of charge; gratis:

• 白吃

  eat without pay;

• 白给

  give away free of charge; give for nothing;

• 白看戏

  see a free play

（戏剧等中说的语句） spoken part in opera， etc.:

• 道白

  spoken part in opera;

• 独白

  soliloquy;

• 对白

  dialogue

（姓氏） a surname:

• 白居易

  Bai Juyi

（地方话） dialect:

• 苏白

  Suzhou dialect

（说明; 陈述） explain; present; clear up; state:

• 表白心迹

  bare one's heart; explain one's true intentions;

• 自白

  explain oneself; confess;

• 辩白

  vindicate

（变白） turn white:

• 白了少年头。

  The hair turns white on a young head.

（用白眼珠看人） look upon people with the white of the eyes:

• 她生气地白了他一眼。

  She gave him an angry stare.