青红皂白 — Chinese idiom
青红皂白
qīng hóng zào bái
Traditional: 青紅皂白
Meaning
- the rights and wrongs of a matter
Character by character
- 青qīngnature's color; blue, green, black; young
- 红hóngred, vermillion; to blush, to flush; popular
- 皂zàosoap; black; menial servant
- 白báiwhite; clear, pure, unblemished; bright
Idioms sharing a character
- 名垂青史 míng chuí qīng shǐ
- 炉火纯青 lú huǒ chún qīng
- 碧海青天 bì hǎi qīng tiān
- 万古长青 wàn gǔ cháng qīng
- 踏青赏春 tà qīng shǎng chūn
- 踏青赏花 tà qīng shǎng huā
- 雨过天青 yǔ guò tiān qīng
- 青天白日 qīng tiān bái rì
- 青天霹雳 qīng tiān pī lì
- 青山绿水 qīng shān lǜ shuǐ
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