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颠倒黑白

diān dǎo hēi bái

4-character word Traditional 顛倒黑白

What 颠倒黑白 means

1. lit. to invert black and white (idiom); to distort the truth deliberately
2. to misrepresent the facts
3. to invert right and wrong

The characters in 颠倒黑白

• 颠diāntop (of the head); apex; to fall forwards
• 倒dǎoto fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow
• 黑hēiblack; dark; sinister
• 白báiwhite; snowy; pure