height / altitude (aviation) / pitch (music) / ups and downs (success or failure) / whether sth is right or wrong / comparative strength, weight, depth, stature / (spoken interjection) anyway, whatever / eventually, in the end
to have sth go wrong / to have a problem arise / to give problems
相公
xiàng gong
lord / master / young gentleman / male prostitute / catamite / mahjong player disqualified by unintentionally taking in the wrong number of dominoes / (old form of address for one's husband) husband
犯错
fàn cuò
to err / to make a mistake / to do the wrong thing
lit. doesn't hurt, doesn't tickle (idiom) / sth is wrong, but not quite sure what / fig. not getting to any matter of substance / scratching the surface / superficial / perfunctory
误入歧途
wù rù qí tú
to take a wrong step in life (idiom) / to go astray
不分青红皂白
bù fēn qīng hóng zào bái
not distinguishing red-green or black-white (idiom) / not to distinguish between right and wrong
乱丢
luàn diū
to discard in the wrong place (cigarette butts etc) / to leave one's things lying around
评理
píng lǐ
to judge between right and wrong / to reason things out
吃错药
chī cuò yào
(lit.) to have taken the wrong medicine / (fig.) (of one's behavior etc) different than usual / abnormal
申雪
shēn xuě
to right a wrong / to redress an injustice
将错就错
jiāng cuò jiù cuò
lit. if it's wrong, it's wrong (idiom) / to make the best after a mistake / to accept an error and adapt to it / to muddle through
护短
hù duǎn
to defend sb (a relative, friend or oneself) despite knowing that that person is in the wrong
明辨是非
míng biàn shì fēi
to distinguish right and wrong (idiom)
张冠李戴
Zhāng guān Lǐ dài
lit. to put Zhang's hat on Li's head / to attribute sth to the wrong person (idiom) / to confuse one thing with another
曲直
qū zhí
lit. crooked and straight / fig. right and wrong, good and evil
lit. to invert black and white (idiom) / to distort the truth deliberately / to misrepresent the facts / to invert right and wrong
是非曲直
shì fēi qū zhí
lit. right and wrong, crooked and straight (idiom) / fig. merits and demerits / pros and cons
乐极生悲
lè jí shēng bēi
extreme joy turns to sorrow (idiom) / Don't celebrate too soon, things could still go wrong!
混淆是非
hùn xiáo shì fēi
to confuse right and wrong (idiom)
混淆黑白
hùn xiáo hēi bái
to confuse black and white / to say that black is white / fig. not to distinguish right from wrong
生不逢时
shēng bù féng shí
born at the wrong time (idiom) / unlucky (esp. to complain about one's fate) / born under an unlucky star / ahead of his time
不分皂白
bù fēn zào bái
not distinguishing black or white (idiom) / not to distinguish between right and wrong
是非分明
shì fēi fēn míng
to distinguish right from wrong (idiom)
是非自有公论
shì fēi zì yǒu gōng lùn
to determine right and wrong based on public opinion (idiom) / Public opinion will judge what's right and wrong.
争长论短
zhēng cháng lùn duǎn
lit. to argue who is right and wrong (idiom) / to quibble / a storm in a teacup
积非成是
jī fēi chéng shì
a wrong repeated becomes right (idiom) / a lie or an error passed on for a long time may be taken for the truth
良知良能
liáng zhī liáng néng
instinctive understanding, esp. of ethical issues (idiom) / untrained, but with an inborn sense of right and wrong / innate moral sense
逆行倒施
nì xíng dǎo shī
to go against the tide (idiom) / to do things all wrong / to try to turn back history / a perverse way of doing things
马鹿易形
mǎ lù yì xíng
to distinguish horse and deer easily / to know right from wrong
众口铄金
zhòng kǒu shuò jīn
lit. public opinion is powerful enough to melt metal (idiom) / fig. public clamor can obscure the actual truth / mass spreading of rumors can confuse right and wrong
fēi