顛倒黑白

Chinese

		to turn upside-down; to reverse; to be topsy-turvy	black and white; right and wrong; good and evil
trad. (顛倒黑白)		顛倒	黑白
simp. (颠倒黑白)		颠倒	黑白
Literally: “to invert black and white”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): diāndǎohēibái

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢㄉㄠˇ ㄏㄟㄅㄞˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): din¹ dou² hak¹ baak⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: diāndǎohēibái
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢㄉㄠˇ ㄏㄟㄅㄞˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: diandǎoheibái
  - Wade–Giles: tien¹-tao³-hei¹-pai²
  - Yale: dyān-dǎu-hēi-bái
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diandaoheibair
  - Palladius: дяньдаохэйбай (djanʹdaoxɛjbaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛn⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xeɪ̯⁵⁵ paɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: din¹ dou² hak¹ baak⁶
  - Yale: dīn dóu hāk baahk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: din¹ dou² hak⁷ baak⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: din¹ dou² heg¹ bag⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːn⁵⁵ tou̯³⁵ hɐk̚⁵ paːk̚²/

Idiom

顛倒黑白

to confuse right and wrong; to confound right with wrong; to distort the truth; to misrepresent the facts

Synonyms

混淆黑白
顛倒是非／颠倒是非 (diāndǎoshìfēi)
是非顛倒／是非颠倒 (shìfēidiāndǎo)
混淆是非 (hùnxiáo shìfēi)

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