跳进黄河洗不清
Traditional: 跳進黃河洗不清Dictionary entry
lit. even jumping into the Yellow River can't get you clean
What does 跳进黄河洗不清 mean?
跳进黄河洗不清 (tiào jìn Huáng Hé xǐ bù qīng) has the following dictionary meaning.
1lit. even jumping into the Yellow River can't get you clean
2fig. to become inexorably mixed up
3mired in controversy
4in deep trouble
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跳tiàoto jump · to hop进jìnto go forward · to advance黄Huángsurname Huang or Hwang河hériver (CL:條|条[tiao2],道[dao4]) · (bound form) the Yellow River洗xǐto wash; to bathe · to develop (photographs)不bùno; not so · (bound form) not; un-清QīngQing (Wade-Giles: Ch'ing) dynasty of China (1644–1911) · surname Qing
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