白白

bái bái

HSK 6 adverb

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Meaning 释义

  1. in vain
  2. to no purpose
  3. for nothing
  4. white

Definition data: CC-CEDICT · CC BY-SA 4.0

In real sentences 真实例句

他tā白白báibái牺牲xīshēng生命shēngmìng，忘wàng了le出卖chūmài组织zǔzhī。

He wastes his life, forgetting to betray his organization.

Tatoeba #8706265

运动yùndòng细胞xìbāo那么nàme好hǎo，却què不bù运动yùndòng，白白báibái浪费làngfèi天分tiānfèn嘛ma。

With such great athletic ability, he's wasting his talent by not exercising.

Tatoeba #13906529

你nǐ玩wán游戏yóuxì那么nàme多duō，你nǐ不bù觉得juéde是shì白白báibái浪费làngfèi时间shíjiān吗ma？

You spend so much time playing games, don't you think it's a waste of time?

Tatoeba #690092

Example sentences: Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR

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Related words 相关词

好 hǎo HSK 1 都 dōu HSK 1 能 néng HSK 1 好像 hǎo xiàng HSK 3 份 fèn HSK 4 好好 hǎo hǎo HSK 4 国家 guó jiā HSK 3 能够 néng gòu HSK 4

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