diān dǎo shì fēi

Traditional: 顛倒是非

颠倒是非 (diān dǎo shì fēi) is a Chinese word meaning “(idiom) to distort right and wrong; to deliberately mislead”.

Meanings

  1. 1(idiom) to distort right and wrong; to deliberately mislead

Characters in 颠倒是非

颠diān · top (of the head)倒dǎo · to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally是shì · to be (followed by substantives only)非fēi · to not be; not

Related words

是to be (followed by substantives only)是variant of 是[shi4]但是but; however是的yes, that's right就是exactly; precisely非常very; really只是merely; only; just; nothing but还是still (as before)可是but; however真是indeed; truly总是always是否whether (or not)

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