跳進黃河洗不清

tiu3 zeon3 wong4 ho4 sai2 bat1 cing1

lit. even jumping into the Yellow River can't get you clean · fig. to become inexorably mixed up · mired in controversy

2 Written Forms

Meanings

  1. lit. even jumping into the Yellow River can't get you clean
  2. fig. to become inexorably mixed up
  3. mired in controversy
  4. in deep trouble

Written Forms

跳進黃河洗不清Traditional · Main Form
跳进黄河洗不清Alternate Form

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