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平白无故

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Collocation

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平白无故地关人
2
平白无故地被打了一顿
3
平白无故地被……

Definition

平白无故

Literally means:

without any cause or reason

Actually means:

for no reason at all

平白 means for no reason; 故 means reaso reason.

This phrase means for no reason at all. It is often used to describe something groundless or something that happened without any obvious reason.

平白,凭空;故,缘故。

没有原因、没有理由。多用来指看不出某件事情的发生有什么理由或根据。

Example

Used as adverbial adjunct. (作状语)
1
men
你们
méiyǒu
没有
zuō
diàochá
调查
  
,
zěnme
怎么
néng
píngbái
平白无故
shuō
zhè
xiāoxi
消息
shì
chuán
chū
出去
de
ne
  
?

You didn't investigate, how can you say for no reason that the news came out of him?

2
méi
zuòcuò
做错
shénme
什么
  
,
què
bèi
lǐngdǎo
领导
píngbái
平白无故
píng
批评
le
dùn
  
,
xiǎngxiǎng
想想
zhēn
shēng
生气
  

I didn't do anything wrong, but I was criticized by the leader for no reason, and I was really angry.

3
méiyǒu
没有
zhèng
证据
  
,
zěnme
怎么
可以
suíbiàn
随便
shuō
biéren
别人
le
de
dōng
东西
ne
  
?
Zhè
shi
píngbái
平白无故
yuān
hǎorén
好人
ma
  
?

You don't have proof, how can you just say someone else took your stuff? Isn't that a good man wronged for no reason?