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白脸

bái liǎn

2-character word Traditional 白臉

What 白脸 means

1. white face
2. face painting in Beijing opera etc

The characters in 白脸

• 白báiwhite; snowy; pure
• 脸liǎnface

Words starting with 白脸

• 白脸鹭bái liǎn lù(bird species of China) white-faced heron (Egretta novaehollandiae)
• 白脸䴓bái liǎn shī(bird species of China) Przevalski's nuthatch (Sitta przewalskii)

Words containing 白脸

• 小白脸xiǎo bái liǎnattractive young man (usually derog.); pretty boy; gigolo
• 唱白脸chàng bái liǎnto play the role of the villain (idiom)
• 急赤白脸jí chì bái liǎnto worry oneself sick; to fret
• 小白脸儿xiǎo bái liǎn rerhua variant of 小白脸

Sounds the same

Read bái liǎn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 白蔹Ampelopsis japonica (creeper with root used in TCM)