白白
bái bái
Pinyin

Definition

白白
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bái bái
  1. in vain
  2. to no purpose
  3. for nothing
  4. white

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

明白
míng bai
  1. 1 clear
  2. 2 obvious
  3. 3 unequivocal
  4. 4 to understand
  5. 5 to realize
白
Bái
  1. 1 surname Bai
白天
bái tiān
  1. 1 daytime
  2. 2 during the day
  3. 3 day
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
白羊座
Bái yáng zuò
  1. 1 Aries (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
白色
bái sè
  1. 1 white
  2. 2 fig. reactionary
  3. 3 anti-communist

Idioms (20)

一清二白
yī qīng èr bái
  1. 1 perfectly clean
  2. 2 blameless
  3. 3 unimpeachable (idiom)
不分皂白
bù fēn zào bái
  1. 1 not distinguishing black or white (idiom); not to distinguish between right and wrong
不分青红皂白
bù fēn qīng hóng zào bái
  1. 1 not distinguishing red-green or black-white (idiom)
  2. 2 not to distinguish between right and wrong
不问青红皂白
bù wèn qīng hóng zào bái
  1. 1 not distinguishing red-green or black-white (idiom)
  2. 2 not to distinguish between right and wrong
俨如白昼
yǎn rú bái zhòu
  1. 1 as bright as daylight (idiom)

Sample Sentences

话是没错，可是我这个人吧，就是有那么点守旧的观念，一个大老爷们在家呆着算怎么回事儿啊，还是觉得女性把家整理得井井有条，把孩子养得白白胖胖比较可以接受。
huà shì méicuò ，kěshì wǒ zhè ge rén ba ，jiùshì yǒu nàme diǎnr shǒujiù de guānniàn ，yī gè dà lǎoyémen zài jiā dāizhe suàn zěnmehuíshìr ā ，háishì juéde nǚxìng bǎ jiā zhěnglǐ de jǐngjǐngyǒutiáo ，bǎ háizi yǎng de báibái pàngpàng bǐjiào kěyǐ jiēshòu 。
You're not wrong, but I'm a little bit more reactionary. How can a dude just sit at home and zone out? It's still more acceptable to me that a woman cleans up the house spick and span and raises the children to be round and chubby.
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在逃去如飞的日子里，在千门万户的世界里的我能做些什么呢？只有徘徊罢了，只有匆匆罢了；在八千多日的匆匆里，除徘徊外，又剩些什么呢？过去的日子如轻烟，被微风吹散了，如薄雾，被初阳蒸融了；我留着些什么痕迹呢？我何曾留着像游丝样的痕迹呢？我赤裸裸来到这世界，转眼间也将赤裸裸的回去罢？但不能平的，为什么偏要白白走这一遭啊？
zài táoqù rúfēi de rìzi lǐ ，zài qiānménwànhù de shìjiè lǐ de wǒ néng zuò xiē shénme ne ？zhǐyǒu páihuái bàle ，zhǐyǒu cōngcōng bàle ；zài bā qiān duō rì de cōngcōng lǐ ，chú páihuái wài ，yòu shèng xiē shénme ne ？guòqù de rìzi rú qīngyān ，bèi wēifēng chuī sàn le ，rú bówù ，bèi chūyáng zhēng róng le ；wǒ liúzhe xiē shénme hénjì ne ？wǒ hécéng liúzhe xiàng yóusī yàng de hénjī ne ？wǒ chìluǒluǒ láidào zhè shìjiè ，zhuǎn yǎn jiān yě jiāng chìluǒluǒ de huíqu ba ？dàn bù néng píng de ，wèishénme piān yào báibái zǒu zhè yī zāo ā ？
Living in this world with its fleeting days and teeming millions, what can I do but waver and wander and live a transient life? What have I been doing during the 8,000 fleeting days except wavering and wandering? The bygone days, like wisps of smoke, have been dispersed by gentle winds, and, like thin mists, have been evaporated by the rising sun. What traces have I left behind? No, nothing, not even gossamer-like traces. I have come to this world stark naked, and in the twinkling of an eye, I am to go to back as stark naked as ever. However, I am taking it very much to heart: why should I be made to pass through this world for nothing at all?
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万一要是她将来不肯把孩子给你呢？怀胎十月是会有感情的，那你在法律上是没有保障的，况且代孕费用不低，总不能白白浪费了吧？
wànyī yàoshì tā jiānglái bù kěn bǎ háizi gěi nǐ ne ？huáitāi shíyuè shì huì yǒu gǎnqíng de ，nà nǐ zài fǎlǜ shàng shì méiyǒu bǎozhàng de ，kuàngqiě dàiyùn fèiyòng bù dī ，zǒng bùnéng báibái làngfèi le ba ？
What if she doesn't agree to give you the child? Carrying a child for 10 months makes people start to feel attached to it and you'd have no legal standing. Furthermore, paying for a surrogate is costly, you can't let the money go to waste, yeah?
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欸欸！！一只脚跨出来了！嘿嘿！我是李元啊，姑娘！美女！别冲动，跳下来，七孔流血、全身黑青，骨头碎成烂泥，白白浪费了上天给你的漂亮脸蛋啊！
èi èi ！！yī zhī jiǎo kuà chūlái le ！hēihēi ！wǒ shì Lǐ yuán ā ，gūniang ！měinǚ ！bié chōngdòng ，tiào xiàlái ，qīkǒngliúxiě 、quánshēn hēiqīng ，gútou suì chéng lànní ，báibái làngfèi le shàngtiān gěi nǐ de piàoliang liǎndàn ā ！
Agh! She's put one foot out! Hey hey! This is Li Yuan, young lady! Beautiful! Don't do anything impulsive. If you jump, you'll bleed from every orifice and your whole body will be covered in bruises and your bones will be smashed to mush. What a waste for the beautiful face the heavens gave you!
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我没事，就是替你抱不平，你人这么好，也很爱他，白白在他身上浪费了三年的青春。
wǒ méishì ，jiùshì tì nǐ bàobùpíng ，nǐ rén zhème hǎo ，yě hěn ài tā ，báibái zài tā shēnshàng làngfèi le sān nián de qīngchūn 。
It's fine, I'm just outraged on your behalf, a nice person like you, someone who loved him so much, had to waste three years of your life on him.
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白白的，小小的，好像是虱子。
báibái de ，xiǎoxiǎo de ，hǎoxiàng shì shīzi 。
White, tiny - it looks like lice.
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你就是矫情。这也不吃，那也不吃，白白错过了多少美食啊！
nǐ jiùshì jiáoqing 。zhè yě bù chī ，nà yě bù chī ，báibái cuòguò le duōshao měishí a ！
You're being difficult. You won't eat this. You won't eat that. You're missing out on so much good food.
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是啊，那个白白的，脆脆的，挺好吃的。那不是百叶吗？
shì a ，nàge báibáide ，cuìcuìde ，tǐng hǎochī de 。nà bùshì bǎiyè ma ？
Yeah. That white and crunchy stuff. It tasted really good. Wasn't that baiye?
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它的肺很寒，不能吃。就是这些，白白的，一条一条的，都要拔掉。其它的都可以吃。
tā de fèi hěn hán ，bù néng chī 。jiùshì zhèxiē ，bái bái de ，yī tiáo yī tiáo de ，dōu yào bá diào 。qítā de dōu kěyǐ chī 。
Its lungs are very "cooling." You can't eat them. It's these white strips. They all need to be pulled out. Everything else you can eat.
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大大的眼睛，白白的皮肤，长长的头发，温柔善良，会做家务......
dàdà de yǎnjing ，báibái de pífū ，chángcháng de tóufa ，wēnróu shànliáng ，huì zuò jiāwù ......
``Big eyes, white skin, long hair, warm and kind, can do housework..."
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