WordTaiwan frequency #15,098
白色恐怖
ㄅㄞˊ ㄙㄜˋ ㄎㄨㄥˇ ㄅㄨˋ
“White Terror; period of political repression under the KMT in Taiwan; any climate of political fear or persecution”
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白
ㄅㄞˊ
White; snowy; pure; bright; empty; blank; plain; clear; to make clear; in vain; gratuitous; free of charge; surname; spoken lines in opera.
色
ㄙㄜˋ
Color; appearance or facial expression; beauty; desire; sensuality or lust; a scene or view.
恐
ㄎㄨㄥˇ
To fear; to be afraid; to frighten or intimidate; possibly or probably (expressing doubt).
怖
ㄅㄨˋ
To be terrified or frightened; to fear; to intimidate or threaten someone.
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Words sharing these characters
Vocabulary built from the same characters — most common first
- 角色role; part in a play, film, or drama; a person's role or function in a group or organization.
- 特色ㄊㄜˋ ㄙㄜˋa distinctive feature; a unique characteristic; a special quality that sets something apart
- 明白ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄅㄞˊto understand; to realize; clear; obvious; sensible; reasonable
- 恐怕ㄎㄨㄥˇ ㄆㄚˋto fear; to be afraid that; perhaps; maybe
- 恐懼ㄎㄨㄥˇ ㄐㄩˋfear; dread; to be frightened; a state of intense anxiety or apprehension about something threatening or dangerous.
- 顏色ㄧㄢˊ ㄙㄜˋcolor; pigment; facial expression; countenance; appearance; a formidable or intimidating style or method
- 色彩ㄙㄜˋ ㄘㄞˇcolor; coloring; hue; (fig.) character; flavor; tone; style
- 白色ㄅㄞˊ ㄙㄜˋwhite; the color of light containing all visible wavelengths; politically, anti-communist or reactionary in Chinese context
- 綠色ㄌㄩˋ ㄙㄜˋgreen; the color of most leaves and grass in nature; one of the three primary colors of light; often used as a symbol of environmental protection
- 恐怖ㄎㄨㄥˇ ㄅㄨˋcausing intense fear; terrifying; frightful; (attributive) terror, as in terrorism
- 黑色ㄏㄟ ㄙㄜˋblack; the darkest color; (figuratively) dark, sinister, or threatening atmosphere.
- 紅色ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄙㄜˋred (color); revolutionary; symbol of left-wing or communist politics