跳进黄河洗不清

tiào jìn huáng hé xǐ bù qīng

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Definitions

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

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Child Words of 跳进黄河洗不清

• 不 不 bù: no; not so
• 河 河 hé: river
• 洗 洗 xǐ: to wash; to bathe
• 清 清 qīng: (of water etc) clear; clean
• 跳 跳 tiào: to jump
• 进 进 jìn: to go forward
• 黄 黄 huáng: yellow
• 不清 不清 bù qīng: unclear
• 跳进 跳进 tiào jìn: to plunge into
• 黄河 黄河 huáng hé: Yellow River or Huang He