黑白不分

Mandarin · pinyin hēi bái bù fēn

Meanings

  1. can't tell black from white (idiom); unable to distinguish wrong from right
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黑
hēi · black; dark; evil, sinister; Kangxi radical 203
白
bái · white; pure, unblemished; bright
不
bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
分
fēn · divide; small unit of time etc.
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1–2–4–1 · hei1 bai2 bu4 fen1

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hak1 baak6 bat1 fan1

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黑白不分 · hei1 bai2 bu4 fen1
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Exact source record黑白不分 黑白不分 [hei1 bai2 bu4 fen1] /can't tell black from white (idiom); unable to distinguish wrong from right/