| 青红皂白 |
qīng hóng zào bái |
the rights and wrongs of a matter (idiom) |
| 青 |
Qīng |
abbr. for 青海, Qinghai Province |
| 青 |
qīng |
green / blue / black / youth / young (of people) |
| 红 |
Hóng |
surname Hong |
| 红 |
gōng |
used in 女红 |
| 红 |
hóng |
red / popular / revolutionary / bonus |
| 皂 |
zào |
soap / black |
| 白 |
Bái |
surname Bai |
| 白 |
bái |
white / snowy / pure / bright / empty / blank / plain / clear / to make clear / in vain / gratuitous / free of charge / reactionary / anti-communist / funeral / to stare coldly / to write wrong character / to state / to explain / vernacular / spoken lines in opera |