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Home / Idiom / 混淆黑白

to confuse black and white · to say that black is white · fig. not to distinguish right from wrong

混淆黑白
hùn xiáo hēi bái
h+ùn·4th tonex+iáo·2nd toneh+ēi·1st toneb+ái·2nd tone
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Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
confused · disorderly · incoherent颠三倒四diān sān dǎo sìlit. to invert black and white (idiom); to distort the truth deliberately · to misrepresent the facts · to invert right and wrong颠倒黑白diān dǎo hēi báito obscure · to confuse · to mix up · to blur · to mislead混淆hùn xiáoto obscure the facts (idiom); to mislead the public with prevarication and deliberate falsehoods混淆视听hùn xiáo shì tīngnot distinguishing black or white (idiom); not to distinguish between right and wrong不分皂白bù fēn zào báinot distinguishing red-green or black-white (idiom) · not to distinguish between right and wrong不分青红皂白bù fēn qīng hóng zào bái
Antonyms
as rivers Jing and Wei separate clearly (idiom) · to be entirely different泾渭分明Jīng Wèi fēn mínglit. black and white clearly contrasted (idiom) · fig. unambiguous; black-and-white; in sharp contrast; to distinguish clearly right from wrong黑白分明hēi bái fēn míngto distinguish right from wrong (idiom)是非分明shì fēi fēn míng