坦白
Chinese edit
flat; open-hearted; level flat; open-hearted; level; smooth |
white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous | ||
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simp. and trad. (坦白) |
坦 | 白 |
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
坦白
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Verb edit
坦白
- to own up; confess
- (American (–1980) Cantonese) to admit to falsifying immigration papers (being a paper son) as part of the Chinese Confession Program
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
- 坦承 (tǎnchéng)
See also edit
References edit
- Lorraine Dong, Marlon K. Hom (1980) “Chinatown Chinese: The San Francisco Dialect”, in Amerasia[1], page 15