| 白月光 | bái yuè guāng | (slang) the one that got away | 
| 白 | Bái | surname Bai | 
| 白 | bái | 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 | 
| 月 | yuè | moon / month / monthly / CL:个,轮 | 
| 月光 | yuè guāng | moonlight | 
| 光 | guāng | light; ray (CL:道) / bright; shiny / only; merely / used up; finished / to leave (a part of the body) uncovered |