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恶叉白赖

è chā bái làidictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
evil behavior (idiom) / brazen villainy
Sources & editorial notes

Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-f066c3c646b5fe1e. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

惡叉白賴 恶叉白赖 [e4 cha1 bai2 lai4] /evil behavior (idiom); brazen villainy/

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Other forms in these source records: 惡叉白賴

  • 恶
    ě

    used in 惡心|恶心[ě xīn]

    è

    evil / fierce / vicious / ugly / coarse / to harm

    wù

    to hate / to loathe / ashamed / to fear / to slander

  • 叉
    chā

    fork / pitchfork / prong / pick / cross / intersect / "X"

    chá

    to cross / be stuck

    chǎ

    to diverge / to open (as legs)

    chà

    used in 劈叉[pǐ chà] / used in 分叉[fēn chà]

  • 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

  • 赖
    lài

    to depend on / to hang on in a place / bad / to renege (on promise) / to disclaim / to rat (on debts) / rascally / to blame / to put the blame on

    Lài

    surname Lai / (Tw) (coll.) LINE messaging app

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.