chàng​bái​liǎn

to play the villain

  • created reference approved 唱白脸/唱白臉 → 唱红脸/唱紅臉 (antonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    唱白脸 / 唱白臉 chàng​bái​liǎn

    唱红脸 / 唱紅臉 chàng​hóng​liǎn

    antonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created reference approved 唱白脸/唱白臉 → 扮黑脸/扮黑臉 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    唱白脸 / 唱白臉 chàng​bái​liǎn

    扮黑脸 / 扮黑臉 bàn​hēi​liǎn

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 唱白脸/唱白臉 · chàng​bái​liǎn · to play the villain — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    唱白脸 / 唱白臉

    chàng​bái​liǎn

    to play the villain

    To play the role of the villain or take a harsh, severe stance when resolving a conflict; often used in contrast with [[唱红脸|唱紅臉|chang4 hong2 lian3]].

    唱, 白脸

    唱 (literal) → 唱 · chàng · to sing 白脸 (literal) → 白脸/白臉 · bái​liǎn · white face makeup

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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