白 丁

bái dīngdictionary entry

(literary) commoner / unlearned person (in former times, one who had not obtained an official degree) / (old) temporary conscript

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Original source entry:

白丁 白丁 [bai2 ding1] /(literary) commoner; unlearned person (in former times, one who had not obtained an official degree)/(old) temporary conscript/

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白
bái
white / in vain / free of charge / (bound form) (of facts, the truth, a situation) clear / evident (e.g. 真相大白[zhēn xiàng dà bái]) / (bound form) plain / without additions (e.g. 白飯|白饭[bái fàn]) / (bound form) to explain / to state (e.g. 辯白|辩白[biàn bái]) / (bound form) to give a disdainful look (e.g. 白了他一眼[bái le tā yī yǎn]) / (bound form) vernacular (e.g. 白話|白话[bái huà]) / (bound form) spoken lines in opera (e.g. 念白[niàn bái]) / (bound form) reactionary / anti-communist (e.g. 白區|白区[bái qū])
Bái
surname Bai / Bai ethnic group
丁
dīng
male adult / the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 天干[tiān gān] / fourth (used like "4" or "D") / small cube of meat or vegetable / (literary) to encounter / (archaic) ancient Chinese compass point: 195° / (chemistry) butyl
zhēng
used in 丁丁[zhēng zhēng]
Dīng
surname Ding

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