下雪 xià xuě to snow syn 雪山 xuě shān snow-capped mountain 冰雪 bīng xuě ice and snow syn 白领 白領 bái lǐng white-collar / white-collar worker 雪梨 xuě lí snow pear (pyrus nivalis) 大雪 dà xuě Daxue or Great Snow, 21st of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 7th-21st December 斯诺 斯諾 sī nuò Snow (name) / Edgar Snow (1905-1972), American journalist, reported from China 1928-1941, author of Red Star Over China 小雪 xiǎo xuě Xiaoxue or Lesser Snow, 20th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 22nd November-6th December 天花 tiān huā smallpox / ceiling / stamen of corn / (old) snow / (dialect) sesame oil 洁白 潔白 jié bái spotlessly white / pure white syn 积雪 積雪 jī xuě snow / snow cover / snow mantle syn 冬瓜 dōng guā wax gourd (Cucurbitaceae, Benincasa hispida) / white gourd / white hairy melon / Chinese squash 冰天雪地 bīng tiān xuě dì a world of ice and snow syn 降水 jiàng shuǐ rain and snow / precipitation (meteorology) syn 降雪 jiàng xuě to snow / snowfall syn 雪亮 xuě liàng lit. bright as snow / shiny / dazzling / sharp (of eyes) syn 银光 銀光 yín guāng silvery light / bright white light / shining white light 白皮书 白皮書 bái pí shū white paper (e.g. containing proposals for new legislation) / white book 皑皑 皚皚 ái ái (literary) white as snow / pure white syn 雪豹 xuě bào snow leopard 蒙蒙 méng méng drizzle (of rain or snow) syn 白蜡 白蠟 bái là white wax from Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela) 踏雪 tà xuě to go for a walk in the snow 白茫茫 bái máng máng (of mist, snow, floodwater etc) a vast expanse of whiteness syn 白莲 白蓮 bái lián white lotus (flower) / White Lotus society / same as 白蓮教|白莲教 雨夹雪 雨夾雪 yǔ jiā xuě sleet / mixture of snow and rain 飞雪 飛雪 fēi xuě Flying Snow, a character in "Hero" syn 雪莲 雪蓮 xuě lián snow lotus herb / Saussurea involucrata 白蛇传 白蛇傳 bái shé zhuàn Tale of the White Snake / Madame White Snake 汉白玉 漢白玉 hàn bái yù white marble / a type of white marble used for building and sculpting 瑞雪 ruì xuě timely snow 霜雪 shuāng xuě frost and snow / (fig.) snowy white (hair) / adversity 融雪 róng xuě melting snow / a thaw 雪线 雪線 xuě xiàn snow line 荷兰豆 荷蘭豆 hé lán dòu snow pea 雨 yù (literary) to rain / (of rain, snow etc) to fall / to precipitate / to wet syn 雪 xuě snow / CL:場|场[chang2] / (literary) to wipe away (a humiliation etc) syn 白雪 bái xuě snow syn 防滑链 防滑鏈 fáng huá liàn snow chain (for a vehicle tire) 纨 紈 wán white / white silk syn 霰 xiàn graupel / snow pellet / soft hail syn 白木耳 bái mù ěr white fungus (Tremella fuciformis) / snow fungus syn 白军 白軍 bái jūn White Guard or White Movement, anti-communist troops fighting against the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War (1917-1922) 白痢 bái lì dysentery characterized by white mucous stool / white diarrhea 皓白 hào bái snow-white / spotless 皑 皚 ái (literary) white as snow 霏 fēi fall of snow 雱 páng heavy fall of rain or snow 白 bái white / snowy / pure / bright / empty / blank / plain / clear / to make clear / in vain / gratuitous / free of charge / reactionary / anti-communist / funeral / to stare coldly / to write wrong character / to state / to explain / vernacular / spoken lines in opera syn 白人 bái rén white man or woman / Caucasian 白色 bái sè white / fig. reactionary / anti-communist syn 白宫 白宮 bái gōng White House 粉色 fěn sè pink / white / erotic / beautiful woman / powdered (with make-up) syn 白白 bái bái in vain / to no purpose / for nothing / white syn 蛋白 dàn bái egg white / protein / albumen syn 怀特 懷特 huái tè White (name) 截然不同 jié rán bù tóng entirely different / different as black and white syn 黑白 hēi bái black and white / right and wrong / monochrome syn 有色 yǒu sè colored / non-white / non-ferrous (metals) syn 白蚁 白蟻 bái yǐ termite / white ant 白马 白馬 bái mǎ white horse 白热化 白熱化 bái rè huà to turn white-hot / to intensify / to reach a climax syn 白酒 bái jiǔ baijiu, a spirit usually distilled from sorghum / (Tw) white wine (abbr. for 白葡萄酒[bai2 pu2 tao5 jiu3]) syn 白细胞 白細胞 bái xì bāo white blood cell / leukocyte 白兔 bái tù white rabbit / (fig.) (slang) breast syn 白纸黑字 白紙黑字 bái zhǐ hēi zì (written) in black and white syn 白旗 bái qí white flag 牵牛花 牽牛花 qiān niú huā white-edged morning glory 白云 白雲 bái yún white cloud 砒霜 pī shuāng white arsenic / arsenic trioxide As2O3 syn 白发 白髮 bái fà white or gray hair / CL:根[gen1] 白糖 bái táng (refined) white sugar 白血球 bái xuè qiú white blood cell / leukocyte 五彩 wǔ cǎi five (main) colors (white, black, red, yellow, and blue) / multicolored syn 白楊樹 白杨树 bái yáng shù white poplar (Populus bonatii) 白杨树 白楊樹 bái yáng shù white poplar (Populus bonatii) 白花花 bái huā huā shining white syn 蛋清 dàn qīng (coll.) egg white syn 白肉 bái ròu plain boiled pork / white meat (fish, poultry etc) syn 银鱼 銀魚 yín yú oriental whitebait / slender silvery-white fish e.g. Galaxias maculatus and Salangichthys microdon 对比度 對比度 duì bǐ dù contrast (balance of black and white in TV screen setup) / degree of contrast 白露 bái lù Bailu or White Dew, 15th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 8th-22nd September 单色 單色 dān sè monochrome / monochromatic / black and white 小青 xiǎo qīng name of a person, Xiaoqing, from Madam White Snake 白布 bái bù plain white cloth / calico 白熊 bái xióng polar bear / white bear syn 乳白色 rǔ bái sè milky white 煞白 shà bái deathly white syn 白虎 bái hǔ White Tiger (the seven mansions of the west sky) / (slang) hairless female genitalia 青花 qīng huā blue and white (porcelain) 乳白 rǔ bái milky white / cream color syn 青花瓷 qīng huā cí blue and white porcelain 莱温斯基 萊溫斯基 lái wēn sī jī Monica Lewinsky (1973-), former White House intern 银白 銀白 yín bái silver white 白骨精 bái gǔ jīng White Bone Spirit (in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 Ji4]) / (fig.) sly and cunning person syn 白莲教 白蓮教 bái lián jiào White Lotus society 鱼肚白 魚肚白 yú dù bái fish-belly white (used to describe the dingy light of the dawn sky) 银耳 銀耳 yín ěr white fungus (Tremella fuciformis) / silver tree-ear fungus syn