黑白分明

Traditional form:

黑白分明

Pinyin (reading):

hēibáifēnmíng

Definitions:

• lit. black and white clearly contrasted (idiom)
• fig. unambiguous; black-and-white; in sharp contrast; to distinguish clearly right from wrong

Characters:

• 黑 - black; dark; evil, sinister
• 白 - white; clear, pure, unblemished; bright
• 分 - to divide, to allocate; fraction; small unit of time or other quantity
• 明 - bright, clear; to explain, to understand, to shed light

Traditional characters:

• 黑 - black; dark; evil, sinister
• 白 - white; clear, pure, unblemished; bright
• 分 - to divide, to allocate; fraction; small unit of time or other quantity
• 明 - bright, clear; to explain, to understand, to shed light