- lit. to invert black and white (idiom); to distort the truth deliberately
- to misrepresent the facts
- to invert right and wrong
Characters
- 颠 (顛): top (of the head); apex; to fall forwards; inverted; to jolt
- 倒 (倒): to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow; to change (trains or buses); to move around; to resell at a profit
- 黑 (黑): abbr. for Heilongjiang province 黑龍江|黑龙江[Hei1 long2 jiang1]
- 白 (白): surname Bai
Resources
- Wiktionary: 颠倒黑白
- MDBG: 颠倒黑白
- Examples with 颠倒黑白 on Tatoeba
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