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大白 (dà bái) — to become clear; to come out into the open; whitewash; whiting (plaster)

Definition

Two distinct senses: 真相大白 means the truth comes out / is revealed. 大白 as a noun refers to whiting, a white paste used to paint walls.

idiom
to become clearto come out into the openwhitewashwhiting (plaster)

Examples

  • ，大白。
    Jīng guò diào chá, zhēn xiàng zhōng yú dà bái le.
    After investigation, the truth finally came out.
  • 大白。
    Gōng rén men yòng dà bái lái fěn shuā qiáng bì.
    The workers use whitewash to paint the walls.
  • ，大白。
    Zài fǎ tíng shàng, tā de huǎng yán dà bái yú tiān xià.
    In court, his lies were exposed to the world.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

大dàgreatly
白báiclear

大 stresses 白: becoming fully clear or a white substance.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The form 大 is a picture of a person standing and facing forward, not of someone stretching their arms.

Open 大 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

白 is thought to picture either an acorn or a human head.

Open 白 →
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