not to distinguish black from white
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Z à ob á IB à f à n, which means no distinction between black and white, right and wrong. From the book of songs Daya sangrou.
Analysis of Idioms
Antonym: distinguish between right and wrong, black and white, and the same; antonym: distinguish between black and white, right and wrong, and the same
Idiom usage
As a predicate or attributive
The origin of Idioms
"The book of songs · Daya · sangrou:" bandits can not speak, Hu Si is afraid of taboo. " Note: "what is Hu's words? When a sage sees the right and wrong of this matter, he can't tell the truth from Wang."
not to distinguish black from white
It's like going through fire and water - rú dǎo shuǐ huǒ
Failure is the mother of success - shī bài wéi chéng gōng zhī mǔ
a man who loses position and influence may be subjected to much indignity - hǔ luò píng chuān
an unfavorable prognosis with a half possibility of death - bàn sǐ bàn shēng