颠倒是非diān dǎo shì fēidistort (/reverse) the facts; give false account of the true facts; palm off falsehood as truth; pervert the truth; reverse (/confuse/confound/twist/distort) right and wrong;reverse (/confuse/confound/twist/distort) truth and falsehood; stand truth on its head; talk (/turn)right into wrong; turn things (/facts/matters/the truth) upside down
❍ 他们有时简直要闹到～、混淆黑白的程度。(《毛泽东选集》 Ⅴ—229) At times they go so far as to confound right and wrong and turn things upside down.
❍ 神责我不当听信奸人，在乡党～。(《聊斋志异·李司》426) The spirit here will punish me.I am not to be prosecuted by evil men who,from party motives,confuse right and wrong.
❍ 我们希望这种～的时代快些过去。(《毛泽东选集》971) We hope that there will soon be an end to this reversal of right and wrong. 颠倒是非confound right and wrong;confuse(or reverse) truth and falsehood; turn things upside down 颠倒是非diān dǎo shì fēi义同“颠倒黑白”。same as“颠倒黑白”。 |