"Chalk" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 fěn bǐ chalk / CL:支[zhi1],段[duan4]
 bái è chalk
 dà bái to be revealed / to come out (of the truth) / chalk (for whitening walls) / (old) wine cup / (neologism c. 2021) healthcare worker or volunteer in full-body PPE (esp. during the COVID-19 pandemic) (from the 2014 Disney version of the Marvel Comics character Baymax, whose Chinese name is 大白)
 bái fěn face powder / chalk powder / heroin
  chalk and talk
 bǎn gōu chalkboard ledge / whiteboard ledge / chalk tray (at the foot of a blackboard) / whiteboard marker tray
 měi fěn magnesium powder (used in pyrotechnics etc) / (sports) gym chalk (magnesium carbonate), used as a drying agent on the hands of gymnasts, weight lifters etc
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