black and white; right and wrong
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 4 examplesnoun
black and white; right and wrong; justice
Primarily used in the idioms 不分皂白 or 皂白不分, meaning to fail to distinguish right from wrong. The extended form 不分青红皂白 is also common.
bù不
fēn分
zào皂
bái白
to make no distinction between black and white; to confuse right and wrong
zào皂
bái白
bù不
fēn分
unable to distinguish right from wrong
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bù不
fēn分
qīng青
hóng红
zào皂
bái白
indiscriminate; without distinguishing right from wrong or red from green
Jǐng警
chá察
bù不
fēn分
zào皂
bái白
de地
dài逮
bǔ捕
le了
xiàn现
chǎng场
de的
suǒ所
yǒu有
rén人
。
The police arrested everyone at the scene indiscriminately without distinguishing the innocent from the guilty.