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We are committed to providing free Chinese study materials. This series focuses on idioms and proverbs, rich in meaning and widely applicable. Today’s idiom is 「指皂為白」, with its explanation below.

Here’s the idiom 「指皂為白」, with its definition and practical application described below.

It means to confuse black and white, and reverse right and wrong.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

zhǐ zào wéi bái

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

ji2 jou6 wai6/wai4 baak6

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