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White is a symbol of no sanguinity, no life and of death, knell. For instance, from the acient times, after close relatives` death, people will put on moruning apparel(wear white mourning dress), do "white thing", display white morning house, and erect white flags when hold a funeral procession; White also is the symbol of failure, stupidity, no benefit, for example, the defeated party in the war always show the "white flags" to express surrender. And if things are not beneficial or effectual, people will call them "try in vain", "plough the sand", "mug`s game"(these three phrases all have the word "white" in them in Chinese).