颠倒黑白 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• lit. to invert black and white ; to distort the truth deliberately
• to misrepresent the facts
• to invert right and wrong

Character by character

• 颠diānpeak, summit, top; to upset
• 倒dǎoto collapse, to fall over; to lie down
• 黑hēiblack; dark; evil, sinister
• 白báiwhite; clear, pure, unblemished; bright

Idioms sharing a character

• 流离颠沛 liú lí diān pèi
• 神魂颠倒 shén hún diān dǎo
• 颠倒是非 diān dǎo shì fēi
• 颠沛流离 diān pèi liú lí
• 倒悬之危 dào xuán zhī wēi
• 倒悬之急 dào xuán zhī jí
• 倒悬之苦 dào xuán zhī kǔ
• 倒打一耙 dào dǎ yī pá
• 倒持泰阿 dào chí Tài ē
• 倒行逆施 dào xíng nì shī

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