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跳进黄河洗不清

tiào jìn Huáng Hé xǐ bù qīng

7-character word Traditional 跳進黃河洗不清

What 跳进黄河洗不清 means

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

The characters in 跳进黄河洗不清

• 跳tiàoto jump; to hop; to skip over
• 进jìnto go forward; to advance; to go in
• 黄huángyellow; pornographic; to fall through
• 河hériver; (bound form) the Yellow River; (bound form) the Milky Way
• 洗xǐto wash; to bathe; to develop (photographs); to shuffle (cards etc)
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 清qīng(of water etc) clear; clean; quiet; still; pure; uncorrupted