diān
dǎo
hēi
bái

idiom

Meaning of 颠倒黑白

颠倒黑白 means to confound black and white; to deliberately distort facts and confuse right and wrong. Pronounced diān dǎo hēi bái.

  • to confound black and white; to deliberately distort facts and confuse right and wrong

Definitions & Examples

wèi
le
tuī
xiè
rèn
 
zài
tíng
shàng
diān
dǎo
hēi
bái
 

To shirk responsibility, he stood truth on its head in court.

Zhè
piān
bào
dào
wán
quán
diān
dǎo
shì
fēi
 
hùn
xiáo
hēi
bái
 

This report completely reverses right and wrong and confounds black and white.

yào
tīng
diān
dǎo
hēi
bái
 
shì
shí
gēn
běn
shì
yàng
 

Don't listen to him distorting the facts; the truth is not like that at all.

Diān
dǎo
hēi
bái
de
yán
lùn
yán
zhòng
dǎo
le
gōng
zhòng
 

Statements that confound black and white seriously mislead the public.