zào​bái​bù​fēn

to fail to distinguish right from wrong

  • created reference approved 皂白不分 → 不分皂白 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    皂白不分 zào​bái​bù​fēn

    不分皂白 bù​fēn​zào​bái

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created reference approved 皂白不分 → 是非不分 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    皂白不分 zào​bái​bù​fēn

    是非不分 shì​fēi​bù​fēn

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 皂白不分 · zào​bái​bù​fēn · to fail to distinguish right from wrong — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    皂白不分

    zào​bái​bù​fēn

    to fail to distinguish right from wrong

    Literally "not distinguishing black from white"; used to describe failing to tell the difference between right and wrong or good and bad

    皂 (literal) → 皂 · zào · black 白 (literal) → 白 · bái · white 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 分 (literal) → 分 · fēn · to distinguish

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense