2 derived from Japanese loanword shotacon 正太控[zhèng tài kòng]
Idioms (20)
一清二白
yī qīng èr bái
1 perfectly clean
2 blameless
3 unimpeachable (idiom)
不分皂白
bù fēn zào bái
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 not distinguishing red-green or black-white (idiom)
2 not to distinguish between right and wrong
不问青红皂白
bù wèn qīng hóng zào bái
1 not distinguishing red-green or black-white (idiom)
2 not to distinguish between right and wrong
俨如白昼
yǎn rú bái zhòu
1 as bright as daylight (idiom)
唱白脸
chàng bái liǎn
1 to play the role of the villain (idiom)
天下太平
tiān xià tài píng
1 the whole world at peace (idiom); peace and prosperity
太公钓鱼,愿者上钩
tài gōng diào yú , yuàn zhě shàng gōu
1 Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 姜子牙 fishing with no bait and the hook above the water); to put one's head in the noose
太平盛世
tài píng shèng shì
1 peace and prosperity (idiom)
太阳从西边出来
tài yáng cóng xī biān chū lái
1 lit. the sun rises in the west (idiom)
2 fig. hell freezes over
3 pigs can fly
姜太公钓鱼,愿者上钩
Jiāng tài gōng diào yú , yuàn zhě shàng gōu
1 Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want it, take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 姜子牙 fishing with no bait and the hook above the water); to put one's head in the noose
恶叉白赖
è chā bái lài
1 evil behavior (idiom); brazen villainy
放着明白装糊涂
fàng zhe míng bai zhuāng hú tu
1 to pretend not to know (idiom)
数黑论白
shǔ hēi lùn bái
1 to enumerate what is black and yellow (idiom); to criticize sb behind his back to incite quarrels
2 also written 數黑論黃|数黑论黄[shǔ hēi lùn huáng]
欺人太甚
qī rén tài shèn
1 to bully intolerably (idiom)
白旄黄钺
bái máo huáng yuè
1 white banner and yellow battle-ax (idiom); refers to military expedition
白眉赤眼
bái méi chì yǎn
1 for no reason (idiom)
白苋紫茄
bái xiàn zǐ qié
1 white amaranth, purple eggplant (idiom); common foodstuff, unpretentious lifestyle
白衣苍狗
bái yī cāng gǒu
1 lit. (cloud shapes) changing from a white shirt to a gray dog (idiom)
2 fig. the unpredictable changeability of the world
白费唇舌
bái fèi chún shé
1 to whistle down the wind
2 to waste one's breath (idiom)
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