白纸黑字
bái zhǐ hēi zì
in black and white
Character by character
白bái
white
white
纸zhǐ
paper
paper
黑hēi
black
black
字zì
characters
characters
Example
合同上白纸黑字写得清清楚楚，你不能不认。
It is written in the contract in black and white; you cannot deny it.
Tone: neutral.
Learn this in Lesson 104 · HSK 7–9: 法律与合同 (Law and contracts)
A dialogue, a reading, word cards with audio and a drill that uses it, in Learn Chinese with Bao. This lesson is free.
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