唱白臉 [－－脸]

Jyutping coeng3 baak6 lim5
Pinyin chàng bái liǎn

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to play the role of the villain (idiom)
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb, verb-object
    to play as the "bad cop" in a good cop bad cop tactic; to threaten or punish while having one's partner pacifying or appeasing the same target
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Definitions (兩岸三地生活差異詞語彙編—Two Shores Three Places)
  1. 日常用語：臺
    扮黑臉
  2. 日常用語：陸
    唱白臉
  3. 差異說明
    大陸​稱為​「​唱白臉​」​，​由於​京劇​中畫​白臉​的​角色​多​是​奸臣​或​壞人​，​故引​以​為​用​。