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顛倒黑白
简 颠倒黑白 · 繁 顛倒黑白Mandarin · pinyin diān dǎo hēi bái
Meanings
- lit. to invert black and white (idiom); to distort the truth deliberately
- to misrepresent the facts
- to invert right and wrong
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1–3–1–2 · dian1 dao3 hei1 bai2
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
din1 dou2 hak1 baak6
Cantonese word readings for 顛倒黑白. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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din1 dou2 hak1 baak6
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phrase
- (idiomatic) to confuse right and wrong; to confound right with wrong; to distort the truth; to misrepresent the facts
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