黑白 (hēi bái) — black and white (color); right and wrong; good and bad (figurative)
Definition
Literally 'black and white' (the colors, no greys), but figuratively means 'right and wrong' or 'good and bad' — as in 颠倒黑白 ('to invert right and wrong').
noun
black and white (color)right and wronggood and bad (figurative)
Examples
- 黑白，。Zhè zhāng zhào piàn shì hēi bái de, kàn qǐ lái hěn yǒu nián dài gǎn.This photo is black-and-white, it looks very nostalgic.
- 黑白，。Zuò rén yào fēn de qīng hēi bái, bù néng wèi le lì yì diān dǎo duì cuò.One must distinguish right from wrong; you can't twist right and wrong for personal gain.
- ，。Tā zǒng xǐ huan diān dǎo hēi bái, bǎ huài shì shuō chéng hǎo shì.He always likes to reverse black and white, calling bad things good.
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