bai

[ bahy ]

noun

1. a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bai¹

< Japanese < Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese mái dust storm

Example Sentences

She “was an attractive blonde,” Bai writes, “only in the sense that the Sistine Chapel had some pretty good artwork.”

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“Indeed, what had it gotten us, this violent compression of politics and celebrity and moral policing,” Bai writes.

From The Daily Beast

Bai told The Daily Beast, “It is not career death to leave the Times any more.”

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When Bai refused her proposal, he contends, the so-called Taliban fiancé concocted the rape story to cast blame on Bai.

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A U.N. official in the regional capital of Mazar-i-Sharif describes Bai as a “strongman with no limits.”

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One can get amongst set after set of fellows, and into plenty of inane fashionable drawing-rooms; but, bai Jove!

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Beyond picturesque Pozzuoli, jutting out with precipitous piles of building into the sea, lies Bai.

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"I bain't so fond o' gossiping nor what you be, Widow Priest," returned Mrs. Jones in loud, hearty tones.

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He tried to forget Surya Bai and all her pretty ways, but it was no good.

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“Indeed I will not, dearest sister,” answered Parbuttee Bai.

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