不分青紅皂白

Chinese

		to not distinguish between	bluegreen, red, black and white; wheat and chaff; right and wrong
trad. (不分青紅皂白/不分青紅皁白)		不分	青紅皂白/青紅皁白
simp. (不分青红皂白)		不分	青红皂白

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùfēn qīnghóngzàobái

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄣ ㄑㄧㄥ ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄗㄠˋ ㄅㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ fan¹ cing¹ hung⁴ zou⁶ baak⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùfēn qīnghóngzàobái
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄣ ㄑㄧㄥ ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄗㄠˋ ㄅㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùfen cinghóngzàobái
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-fên¹ chʻing¹-hung²-tsao⁴-pai²
    • Yale: bù-fēn chīng-húng-dzàu-bái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bufen chinghorngtzawbair
    • Palladius: буфэнь цинхунцзаобай (bufɛnʹ cinxunczaobaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ fən⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ xʊŋ³⁵ t͡sɑʊ̯⁵¹ paɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ fan¹ cing¹ hung⁴ zou⁶ baak⁶
    • Yale: bāt fān chīng hùhng jouh baahk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ fan¹ tsing¹ hung⁴ dzou⁶ baak⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ fen¹ qing¹ hung⁴ zou⁶ bag⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ fɐn⁵⁵ t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ hʊŋ²¹ t͡sou̯²² paːk̚²/

Idiom

不分青紅皂白

1. to make no distinction between right and wrong; to be indiscriminate