Chinese

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flat; open-hearted; level
flat; open-hearted; level; smooth
 
white; empty; blank
white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous
 
simp. and trad.
(坦白)

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Adjective

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坦白

  1. honest; frank; candid; straightforward

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Verb

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坦白

  1. to own up; confess
    1. (American (–1980) Cantonese) to admit to falsifying immigration papers (being a paper son) as part of the Chinese Confession Program

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References

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  • Lorraine Dong, Marlon K. Hom (1980) “Chinatown Chinese: The San Francisco Dialect”, in Amerasia[1], page 15