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  • 1

    adj.(of scenery) dim/gloomy/faint

    • cǎn bái de yuè sè

      惨白月色

      dim moonlight

    • fēng jǐng cǎn bái

      风景惨白

      The landscape is gloomy.

    • cǎn bái de yuè guāng xia chuí liǔ de yǐng zi dào yǐng zài hú miàn shang

      惨白月光垂柳影子倒影湖面

      A dull white moonlight cast the willow's shadow on the lake.

  • 2

    adj.(of face) dreadfully/ghostly/deathly pale

    • tā de liǎn sè biàn de xiàng sǐ rén bān cǎn bái

      脸色死人惨白

      She turned as pale as death.

    • tā de shǒu zhǐ jia shì cǎn bái cǎn bái de huó xiàng bái è yī bān

      手指甲惨白惨白活像白垩一般

      Her fingernails were so pale that they looked almost chalky.