Black and white

Black and white

Black and white, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is B á IH ē IB ù f ē n, which means the metaphor of confusion, right and wrong. It comes from Liu Xiangzhuan in the history of Han Dynasty.

Analysis of Idioms

There is no distinction between right and wrong, between black and white, and between the two sides

Idiom usage

Subject predicate type; as predicate and attribute; refers to right and wrong. You can't be so black and white.

The origin of Idioms

Ban Gu's biography of Liu Xiangzhuan in the book of Han in the Eastern Han Dynasty: "today, the sages are not worthy to be confused, the black and white are not separated, the evil and the right are mixed, and the loyalty and slander are advanced together."