告白 (gào bái) — (formal) public notice; bulletin; (colloquial) romantic confession; declaration of love
Definition
The formal sense is 'public notice or announcement' (older/written, close to 公告); the colloquial sense is a personal confession of love — tell someone your feelings.
noun
(formal) public noticebulletin(colloquial) romantic confessiondeclaration of love
Examples
- 告白。Xué xiào de gōng gào lán shàng tiē le yì zhāng guān yú kǎo shì ān pái de gào bái.A notice about the exam schedule was posted on the school bulletin board.
- ，説告白。Tā gǔ qǐ yǒng qì, zhōng yú duì tā yuè chū le zì jǐ de gào bái.He gathered his courage and finally made his confession to her.
- ，告白。Nà chǎng diàn yǐng lǐ, nán zhǔ jué de gào bái ràng quán chǎng guān zhòng dōu gǎn dòng le.In that movie, the male lead's confession moved the entire audience.
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