白領

白

bái

领

領

lǐng

white-collar / white-collar worker

Characters and words in 白領

白

bái = b + ai2

surname Bai

白

bái = b + ai2

white / snowy / pure / bright / empty / blank / plain / clear / to make clear / in vain / gratuitous / free of charge / reactionary / anti-communist / funeral / to stare coldly / to write wrong character / to state / to explain / vernacular / spoken lines in opera

白 = 丶 + 日 : Mnemonic symbol: a white flag. The sun (日) is waving with a white (白) flag (白) in the airplane's kitchen (ai2) while Beelzebub (b) is beating them with a big petal leaf (丶).

领

領

lǐng = li + (e)ng3

neck / collar / to lead / to receive / classifier for clothes, mats, screens etc

领 = 令 + 页 : Li Qingzhao wants to explore the catacombs below engine, which can only be accessed from inside engine. Because it is so dangerous down there she has to hand in a piece of paper with her name and gets back a name-tag which she has to clip to her dog collar so that she can be identified should something go wrong.