distort truth(hēi bái hùn xiáo)

distort truth

Confusion between black and white, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is h ē IB á IH ù nxi á o, which means to say the black is white, and the white is black, which means to deliberately confuse right and wrong and create confusion. From the biography of Yang Zhen in the book of the later Han Dynasty.

Idiom usage

It means deliberately creating confusion When a gentleman sees reprimand, he doesn't want to move suddenly. He often decides the aim in his composition. He confuses black and white and reverses evil and right.

Analysis of Idioms

Synonyms: confuse black and white, right and wrong; Antonyms: black and white

The origin of Idioms

"After the Han Dynasty, Yang Zhen biography:" white and black confused, clear and turbid homologous

Idiom explanation

Say black as white and white as black. It is a metaphor for deliberately reversing right and wrong and creating confusion.

Idiom story

During the Eastern Han Dynasty, Taiwei Yang Zhen was upright, honest and highly respected. He was known as "Confucius of guanxi". Wang Sheng, the nursing mother of emperor Han'an, and fan Feng, the constant servant of emperor Zhong, were extravagant and arrogant. They built large-scale buildings and wasted a lot. Yang Zhen hated this kind of extravagance and waste, so he wrote: "nowadays, there is no distinction between black and white, and people are accusing this kind of corruption."

Chinese PinYin : hēi bái hùn xiáo