白白
bái​bái HSK7

in vain

白白 bái​bái
in vain
To no purpose; without result or effect
for free
Without having to pay or give anything in return; for nothing
for no reason
Without cause or justification; for no particular reason
helplessly
Without being able to do anything about a situation; standing by while something bad happens
scot-free
Without consequence or being held accountable; with nothing more to do with the matter
white
White; snowy white

Frequency
Movie subtitles
4.74 per million appears in 2% of films
Written text
6.62 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 7

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Synonym

Sources
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)