HSK 2 HSK C1/W1/V3
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Strokes

Collocation

1
白吃
2
白喝
3
白干
4
白跑一趟
5
白费力气
6
说也白说
7
别忙了半天
8
白得了一千块钱

Definition

白 as an Adverb, which means[ in vain; for nothing ].

 

Example

As an adverb.(没有效果;徒然)
1
zhīqián
之前
xiān
diànhuà
电话
  
,
shěngde
省得
bái
pǎo
tàng
  

You make a phone call before you go, so you can run away in vain.

As an adverb.(无代价;无报偿)
2
Zuò
le
zhème
这么
duō
cài
  
,
jiā
大家
dōu
méi
chī
  
,
ma
妈妈
biè
máng
le
bàntiān
半天
  

After making so many dishes, everyone didn't eat, so mom didn't be busy for a long time.

3
péngyou
朋友
men
chū
出去
chīfàn
吃饭
  
,
cónglái
从来
qǐng
请客
  
,
měi
每次
dōu
shì
báichībái
白吃白喝
  

He went out to dinner with his friends, never entertained, and always ate and drank for nothing.

4
xué
le
nián
de
hàn
汉语
  
,
lián
jiǎndān
简单
de
zi
句子
huì
不会
shuō
  
,
bái
xué
le
  

She studied Chinese for a year, and she couldn't even speak simple sentences, so she learned it in vain.

5
gěi
jiǎng
le
bàntiān
半天
de
dàoli
道理
  
,
tīng
  
,
shuō
bái
shuō
  

I told him the truth for a long time, but he did not listen to it, and he said it in vain.