跳進黃河洗不清
简 跳进黄河洗不清 · 繁 跳進黃河洗不清Meanings
- lit. even jumping into the Yellow River can't get you clean
- fig. to become inexorably mixed up
- mired in controversy
- in deep trouble
Characters in this entry
- 跳
- tiào · jump, leap, vault, bounce; dance
- 進
- jìn · advance, make progress, enter
- 黃
- huáng · yellow; surname; Kangxi radical 201
- 河
- hé · river; stream; the Yellow River
- 洗
- xǐ · wash, rinse; clean, purify
- 不
- bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
- 清
- qīng · clear, pure, clean; peaceful
- 进
- jìn · advance, make progress, enter
- 黄
- huáng · yellow; surname
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Mandarin tones
4–4–2–2–3–4–1 · tiao4 jin4 Huang2 He2 xi3 bu4 qing1
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
tiu3 zeon3 wong4 ho4 sai2 bat1 cing1
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phrase
- (idiomatic) to have a wrongful accusation that is unable to be got rid of
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