跳进黄河洗不清

tiào jìn huáng hé xǐ bù qīng

Định nghĩa

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

Từ cấu thành 跳进黄河洗不清

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