颠倒黑白 in English dian1 dao3 hei1 bai2 Meaning

Meanings

  • literally (word for word) to invert black and white (idiomatic expression); to distort the truth deliberately
  • to misrepresent the facts
  • to invert right and wrong

Simplified Characters

颠 倒 黑 白

Traditional Characters

顛 倒 黑 白

Pinyin

dian1 dao3 hei1 bai2

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

颠dian1top (of the head) 倒dao4to fall 黑hei1abbr. for Heilongjiang province 黑龍江|黑龙江[Hei1 long2 jiang1] 白bai2surname Bai