皑皑 (ái ái) — pure white (of snow, frost, or other white expanses)
Definition
A literary reduplicated adjective meaning dazzlingly white, used almost exclusively for snow or frost covering a wide expanse. Bound and written: it never stands alone as a predicate, and you will only meet it in descriptive prose.
bound form
pure white (of snow, frost, or other white expanses)
Examples
- ，。Shān dǐng shàng bái xuě ái ái, fēi cháng zhuàng guān.The mountaintop is covered in pure white snow, very spectacular.
- 皑皑，。Dōng tiān de tián yě yí piàn ái ái, xiàng pù le yī céng bái tǎn.The winter fields are a stretch of pure white, like a layer of white blanket.
- ，皑皑。Shuāng jiàng zhī hòu, wū dǐng shàng ái ái yí piàn.After the frost fell, the rooftops were a patch of pure white.
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