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to confuse right and wrong (idiom)

混淆是非
hùn xiáo shì fēi
h+ùn·4th tonex+iáo·2nd tonesh+ì·4th tonef+ēi·1st tone
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Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
(idiom) to distort right and wrong; to deliberately mislead颠倒是非diān dǎo shì fēiunable to distinguish right and wrong (idiom)是非不分shì fēi bù fēnto obscure the facts (idiom); to mislead the public with prevarication and deliberate falsehoods混淆视听hùn xiáo shì tīngto obscure · to confuse · to mix up · to blur · to mislead混淆hùn xiáomaking a deer out to be a horse (idiom); deliberate misrepresentation指鹿为马zhǐ lù wéi mǎgood and bad people intermingled良莠不齐liáng yǒu bù qí
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