Understanding, Honesty, and Waste: Abstract Meanings of 白
We’ve looked before at the very auspicious meanings of 红 (red) in Chinese. Today, let’s examine 白 (bái- white), and explore some of its wide range of meanings. In an excellent paper from 2008, Janet...
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In a post from last month, we explored several of the abstract meanings of the character 白, or white. Today, we’ll look at 白‘s spiritual opposite: 黑, and its breadth of abstract meanings. As...
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