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白色恐怖

Mandarin · pinyin Bái sè kǒng bù

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白: bái · white; pure, unblemished; bright
色: sè · color, tint, hue, shade; form, body; beauty, desire for beauty; Kangxi radical 139
恐: kǒng · fear; fearful, apprehensive
怖: bù · terror, fear; frighten; terrified

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2–4–3–4 · Bai2 se4 kong3 bu4

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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 3 senses · 1 Cantonese reading

baak6 sik1 hung2 bou3

Cantonese word readings for 白色恐怖. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

baak6 sik1 hung2 bou3

Pleco · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Word reading; meanings not aligned.

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

(historical) White Terror (the suppression of political dissidents in Taiwan by the Kuomintang (1949–1987))
the erosion of democratic freedoms in Hong Kong under Chinese rule