白搭
bái dā
Pinyin

Definition

白搭
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bái dā
  1. no use
  2. no good

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

搭
dā
  1. 1 to put up
  2. 2 to build (scaffolding)
  3. 3 to hang (clothes on a pole)
  4. 4 to connect
  5. 5 to join
  6. 6 to arrange in pairs
  7. 7 to match
  8. 8 to add
  9. 9 to throw in (resources)
  10. 10 to take (boat, train)
  11. 11 variant of 褡[dā]
搭配
dā pèi
  1. 1 to pair up
  2. 2 to match
  3. 3 to arrange in pairs
  4. 4 to add sth into a group
明白
míng bai
  1. 1 clear
  2. 2 obvious
  3. 3 unequivocal
  4. 4 to understand
  5. 5 to realize
白
Bái
  1. 1 surname Bai
白天
bái tiān
  1. 1 daytime
  2. 2 during the day
  3. 3 day
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
白羊座
Bái yáng zuò
  1. 1 Aries (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
白色
bái sè
  1. 1 white
  2. 2 fig. reactionary
  3. 3 anti-communist
伊丽莎白
Yī lì shā bái
  1. 1 Elizabeth (person name)
勾搭
gōu da
  1. 1 to gang up
  2. 2 to fool around with
  3. 3 to make up to
告白
gào bái
  1. 1 to announce publicly
  2. 2 to explain oneself
  3. 3 to reveal one's feelings
  4. 4 to confess
  5. 5 to declare one's love
坦白
tǎn bái
  1. 1 honest
  2. 2 forthcoming
  3. 3 to confess
大白天
dà bái tiān
  1. 1 broad daylight
大白菜
dà bái cài
  1. 1 bok choy
  2. 2 Chinese cabbage
  3. 3 Brassica pekinensis
  4. 4 CL:棵[kē]
太白
Tài bái
  1. 1 Taibai County in Baoji 寶雞|宝鸡[Bǎo jī], Shaanxi
  2. 2 Venus
对白
duì bái
  1. 1 dialogue (in a movie or a play)
搭乘
dā chéng
  1. 1 to ride as a passenger
  2. 2 to travel by (car, plane etc)
搭建
dā jiàn
  1. 1 to build (esp. with simple materials)
  2. 2 to knock together (a temporary shed)
  3. 3 to rig up
搭救
dā jiù
  1. 1 to rescue
搭档
dā dàng
  1. 1 to cooperate
  2. 2 partner
搭理
dā li
  1. 1 variant of 答理[dā li]

Idioms (20)

一清二白
yī qīng èr bái
  1. 1 perfectly clean
  2. 2 blameless
  3. 3 unimpeachable (idiom)
不分皂白
bù fēn zào bái
  1. 1 not distinguishing black or white (idiom); not to distinguish between right and wrong
不分青红皂白
bù fēn qīng hóng zào bái
  1. 1 not distinguishing red-green or black-white (idiom)
  2. 2 not to distinguish between right and wrong
不问青红皂白
bù wèn qīng hóng zào bái
  1. 1 not distinguishing red-green or black-white (idiom)
  2. 2 not to distinguish between right and wrong
俨如白昼
yǎn rú bái zhòu
  1. 1 as bright as daylight (idiom)
勾肩搭背
gōu jiān dā bèi
  1. 1 arms around each other's shoulders (idiom)
千里搭长棚，没有不散的宴席
qiān lǐ dā cháng péng , méi yǒu bù sàn de yàn xí
  1. 1 even if you build a thousand-league awning for it, every banquet must come to an end (idiom)
唱白脸
chàng bái liǎn
  1. 1 to play the role of the villain (idiom)
恶叉白赖
è chā bái lài
  1. 1 evil behavior (idiom); brazen villainy
放着明白装糊涂
fàng zhe míng bai zhuāng hú tu
  1. 1 to pretend not to know (idiom)
数黑论白
shǔ hēi lùn bái
  1. 1 to enumerate what is black and yellow (idiom); to criticize sb behind his back to incite quarrels
  2. 2 also written 數黑論黃|数黑论黄[shǔ hēi lùn huáng]
白旄黄钺
bái máo huáng yuè
  1. 1 white banner and yellow battle-ax (idiom); refers to military expedition
白眉赤眼
bái méi chì yǎn
  1. 1 for no reason (idiom)
白苋紫茄
bái xiàn zǐ qié
  1. 1 white amaranth, purple eggplant (idiom); common foodstuff, unpretentious lifestyle
白衣苍狗
bái yī cāng gǒu
  1. 1 lit. (cloud shapes) changing from a white shirt to a gray dog (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the unpredictable changeability of the world
白费唇舌
bái fèi chún shé
  1. 1 to whistle down the wind
  2. 2 to waste one's breath (idiom)
白云苍狗
bái yún cāng gǒu
  1. 1 lit. a white cloud transforms into what looks like a gray dog (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the unpredictable changeability of the world
白面书生
bái miàn shū shēng
  1. 1 lit. pale-faced scholar (idiom); young and inexperienced person without practical experience
  2. 2 still wet behind the ears
白头偕老
bái tóu xié lǎo
  1. 1 (to live together until the) white hairs of old age (idiom); to live to a ripe old age in conjugal bliss
  2. 2 until death do us part
白头到老
bái tóu dào lǎo
  1. 1 (to live together until the) white hairs of old age (idiom); to live to a ripe old age in conjugal bliss
  2. 2 until death do us part

Sample Sentences

最近不知道这世界怎么了！美国次贷风暴引发金融危机，雷曼兄弟公司倒闭了，政府出巨资救市，我看也是白搭，关键是人们无力偿还贷款，这无底洞美国政府能填得平吗？
zuìjìn bù zhīdào zhè shìjiè zěnme le ！Měiguó cìdài fēngbào yǐnfā jīnróngwēijī ，léimàn xiōngdì gōngsī dǎobì le ，zhèngfǔ chū jù zī jiùshì ，wǒ kàn yě shì báidā ，guānjiàn shì rénmen wúlì chánghuán dàikuǎn ，zhè wúdǐdòng Měiguózhèngfǔ néng tiándepíng ma ？
I don't know what's wrong with the world lately! The American sub-prime loan meltdown led to the financial crisis, Lehman Brothers went bankrupt, the government is laying out a ton of money to save the market-- the way I see it, it's all for naught. The key thing is that people aren't able to pay back their loans. Will the American government be able to fill this bottomless pit?
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嗨，这种现象就叫做FOMO，fear of missing out，错失恐惧症，所以就算有了时间的积累，没有效率也是白搭。确定了目标就全力以赴，别自欺欺人地所谓尽力而为。
hāi ，zhèzhǒng xiànxiàng jiù jiàozuò FOMO ，fear of missing out ，cuòshī kǒngjùzhèng ，suǒyǐ jiùsuàn yǒu le shíjiān de jīlěi ，méiyǒu xiàolǜ yě shì báidā 。quèdìng le mùbiāo jiù quánlìyǐfù ，bié zì qī qī rén de suǒwèi jìnlì ér wèi 。
Ha, that phenomenon is called FOMO - fear of missing out, so even if you have put in the hours, it doesn't mean anything if you're not being effective. Once you've fixed your goal, you have to put all your energy towards it and not fool yourself by doing as much as you feel can.
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嗯。我们还是先好好复习吧。考不好什么都白搭。
ng4 。wǒmen háishì xiān hǎohāo fùxí ba 。kǎo bu hǎo shénme dōu báidā 。
Hmm. We had better get reviewing. If we don't do well on the exams, all of this will be useless.
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这种简单粗暴的行为最后肯定是害人害己。你看，大个子自己被抓起来了，他朋友也没拿到薪水，弄了半天还不是白搭？义气是为朋友好，可他反而害了他。
zhèzhǒng jiǎndāncūbào de xíngwéi zuìhòu kěndìng shì hàirénhàijǐ 。nǐ kàn ，dàgèzi zìjǐ bèi zhuā qǐlai le ，tā péngyou yě méi ná dào xīnshuǐ ，nòng le bàntiān hái bù shì báidā ？yìqi shì wèi péngyou hǎo ，kě tā fǎnér hài le tā 。
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