Learning Chinese starts simple with characters, advances to words, and peaks with idioms. Explore the free idiom 「混淆黑白」 here, with meaning and examples.
We’re presenting the idiom 「混淆黑白」 this time—its explanation and use are detailed below.
Confuse: To blur the boundaries. Deliberately saying black is white and white is black to create confusion. It means to deliberately create confusion so that people cannot distinguish what is right.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
hún xiáo hēi bái
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
wan6 ngaau4 hak1 baak6
Chinese idioms encompass an enormous variety, each rich in its meanings and uses. We’ve compiled these resources to support your efforts in learning the language.

