平白

píngbái
  1. for no reason
  2. gratuitously

CEDICT

  1. flat white (coffee)
  2. for no reason; gratuitously
  3. plain and clear (language)

Wiktionary

憑空、無緣無故。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 平 píng
  1. flat
  2. level
  3. equal
  4. to tie (make the same score)
  5. to draw (score)
  6. calm
  7. peaceful
  8. abbr. for 平聲 píngshēng
2 白 bái
  1. white
  2. snowy
  3. pure
  4. bright
  5. empty
  6. blank
  7. plain
  8. clear
  9. to make clear
  10. in vain
  11. gratuitous
  12. free of charge
  13. reactionary
  14. anti-communist
  15. funeral
  16. to stare coldly
  17. to write wrong character
  18. to state
  19. to explain
  20. vernacular
  21. spoken lines in opera

Containing this entry

平白無故 píngbáiwúgù (idiom) for no reason whatever; inexplicably

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無端端 wúduānduān for no reason
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沒來由 méiláiyóu
  1. without any reason
  2. for no reason
等閒 děngxián
  1. ordinary
  2. common
  3. unimportant
  4. idly
  5. for no reason