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Here is the Chinese idiom 「青紅皂白」, along with its meaning and how it is used.

Soap: Black. Four colors: blue, red, black and white. A metaphor for the right or wrong or cause of something.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

qīng hóng zào bái

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

ching1/cheng1 hung4 jou6 baak6

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