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white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous |
to declare; to announce; to spread to declare; to announce; to spread; to make known; spread; (cotton) cloth |
simp. and trad.
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白
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Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
白布
- plain white cloth; calico
Etymology 2
According to Liu Pansui (劉盼遂), this is a disyllabic morpheme (連綿字) of the same derivation as 跋扈 (báhù), 抪扈, etc.
Adjective
白布
- (obsolete) domineering; bullying; bossy