是非曲直 shì fēi qū zhí

DEFINITIONS

  1. lit. right and wrong, crooked and straight (idiom); fig. merits and demerits
  2. pros and cons

CHARACTERS

是 shì indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that
非 fēi not, negative, non-; oppose
曲 qū crooked, bent; wrong, false
直 zhí straight, erect, vertical