白脸 (白臉) báiliǎn
báiliǎn
noun
white face; face painting in Beijing opera
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '白臉')
Contained in
- 小白脸儿(小白臉兒) pretty boy
- 白脸䴓(白臉鳾) Przevalski's nuthatch (Sitta przewalskii)
- 小白脸(小白臉) attractive young man (usually derog.); pretty boy; gigolo
- 白脸鹭(白臉鷺) white-faced heron (Egretta novaehollandiae)
- 急赤白脸(急赤白臉) to worry oneself sick; to fret
- 唱白脸(唱白臉) to play the role of the villain
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 第五十回 Chapter 50 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 2
- 第五十七回 Chapter 57 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 1
- 第十四回 Chapter 14 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 1
- 第十六回 Chapter 16 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 1
Collocations
- 一个白脸 (一個白臉) 團團的一個白臉 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第五十七回 Chapter 57 — count: 2