take white for black(yǐ bái wéi hēi)

take white for black

White for black, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ǐ B á IW é IH ē I, meaning to confuse right and wrong. It comes from the spring and Autumn Annals of the Lu family.

The origin of Idioms

"Lu's spring and Autumn Annals should be the same:" although the king respected, white for black, the minister can not listen

Idiom usage

Used as a predicate, object, or attribute. "Although the father is close, the black is white, the son cannot follow." Wang Feng is good at power, and Gu yongbi is superior to Shen Bo; Wang Shangzhong argues that Zhang Kuang calls it Zuo Dao: it's all about taking white as black and deceiving heaven. History of the Three Kingdoms · Wei Zhi · Wu Di Ji

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym]: reversing black and white, taking black as white, pointing deer as horse

Chinese PinYin : yǐ bái wéi hēi