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大白

Mandarin · pinyin dà bái

Meanings

  1. (of facts or truth) to become fully revealed; to come to light
  2. (old) wine cup
  3. (coll.) whiting (used in whitewash)
  4. (coll.) (neologism, attested by 2020) healthcare worker in a full-body protective suit (from the white robot Baymax in Disney's "Big Hero 6", called "大白" in Chinese)
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大
dà · big, great, vast, large, high
白
bái · white; pure, unblemished; bright
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4–2 · da4 bai2

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daai6 baak6

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noun

  1. (Classical) purest whiteness
  2. (dated) large wine cup
  3. (dialectal) chalk; whiting; whitewash
  4. (chiefly Mainland China, neologism) dabai (medic, police officer or community worker in a biosafety suit)

name

  1. Baymax

verb

  1. to be completely revealed; to be brought to light

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大白 · da4 bai2
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Exact source record大白 大白 [da4 bai2] /(of facts or truth) to become fully revealed; to come to light/(old) wine cup/(coll.) whiting (used in whitewash)/(coll.) (neologism, attested by 2020) healthcare worker in a full-body protective suit (from the white robot Baymax in Disney's "Big Hero 6", called "大白" in Chinese)/