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顛倒黑白 (din1 dou2 hak1 baak6) — confuse right and wrong; turn facts upside down (mix up black and white) in Cantonese

dinˉ¹顛douˊ²倒hakˉ¹黑baakˍ₆白
简 颠倒黑白
Mandarin Pinyin: dian1 dao3 hei1 bai2

Meaning of 顛倒黑白

nounconfuse right and wrong; turn facts upside down (mix up black and white)

Example Sentences with 顛倒黑白

keoiˏ₅佢gongˊ²講jeˏ₅嘢dinˉ¹顛douˊ²倒hakˉ¹黑baakˍ₆白
He talks nonsense and twists the truth.
neiˏ₅你mˎ₄唔houˊ²好dinˉ¹顛douˊ²倒hakˉ¹黑baakˍ₆白
Don't twist the truth.
keoiˏ₅佢deiˍ₆哋dinˉ¹顛douˊ²倒hakˉ¹黑baakˍ₆白
They are distorting facts.
mˎ₄唔houˊ²好dinˉ¹顛douˊ²倒hakˉ¹黑baakˍ₆白laaˉ¹啦
Don't twist things around!
zanˉ¹真soengˍ₆相haiˍ₆係dim2,點，mˎ₄唔houˊ²好dinˉ¹顛douˊ²倒hakˉ¹黑baakˍ₆白
What's the truth? Don't twist it.
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Characters in 顛倒黑白

顛din1
jolt; bump; jerk
倒dou2
be spoiled; malfunction
黑hak1
secret; shady; unlawful
白baak6
the spoken part in an opera, etc.

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