粵

留lau4白baak6

lau4 baak6liú bái

English

  1. to leave a message
  2. to leave some empty space in a work of art
  3. to leave idle moments (in one's life, a theater play etc)
  4. to leave a blank space (as a technique) in an artistic work

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 中國水墨畫嘅一種技法,刻意喺畫紙保留空白位置,保留觀賞者嘅想象空間;亦引申指其他藝術作品入面一啲冇講到明晒嘅位。

Examples

  • 呢套電影有好多留白嘅位比我哋去慢慢詮釋。

    There are many implicit messages in this film for us to illustrate.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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