白纸黑字 bái zhǐ hēi zì

(written) in black and white

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 20815th word

Definitions

  1. 1. (written) in black and white

Characters

Character Meaning
白 bái HSK 2
white; bright; pure
纸 zhǐ HSK 2
paper; classifier for documents, letter etc
黑 hēi HSK 2
black; dark; illegal
字 zì HSK 1
character; symbol; word