Black for white(yǐ hēi wéi bái)

Black for white

Black for white, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ǐ h ē IW é IB á I, meaning to confuse right and wrong. It comes from the spring and Autumn Annals of the Lu family.

Analysis of Idioms

To confuse right and wrong with white

The origin of Idioms

"Although the father is close, the black is white, the son can't follow."

Idiom usage

Used as a predicate, object, or attribute. "Wang" is just a hypocrisy. He is dishonest and takes wrong as right. If I am unfilial to my father, I am filial to others. Volume 32 of Zhu Zi Yu Lei

Chinese PinYin : yǐ hēi wéi bái