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跳進黃河洗不清 (tiu3 zeon3 wong4 ho4 sai2 bat1 cing1) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

跳進黃河洗不清 (tiu3 zeon3 wong4 ho4 sai2 bat1 cing1, tiào jìn Huáng Hé xǐ bù qīng) — lit. even jumping into the Yellow River can't get you clean; fig. to become inexorably mixed up; mired in controversy; in deep trouble

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beyond HSK

Related words

• 跳入 (tiu3 jap6) — to jump into
• 跳槽 (tiu3 cou4) — to switch employer within same industry or amongst competitors
• 跳樓價 (tiu3 lau4 gaa3) — huge drop in prices (spoken)
• 跳樓貨 (tiu3 lau2 fo3) — a business strategy to sell inventory at a relatively low price to attract cust…
• 跳欄 (tiu3 laan4) — hurdles
• 跳灰 (tiu3 fui1) — Jumping Ash, a Hong Kong movie in 1976

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