跳進黃河洗不清

Chinese

		jump; hop; skip (a grade) jump; hop; skip (a grade); to leap; to bounce; to beat	advance; enter; to come in	the Yellow River	to wash; to bathe	not; no	clear; distinct; complete clear; distinct; complete; pure
trad. (跳進黃河洗不清)		跳	進	黃河	洗	不	清
simp. (跳进黄河洗不清)		跳	进	黄河	洗	不	清
Literally: “cannot wash oneself clean after jumping into the (muddy) Yellow River”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiào jìn Huáng Hé xǐ bù qīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄏㄜˊ ㄒㄧˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧㄥ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiào jìn Huáng Hé xǐ bù qīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄏㄜˊ ㄒㄧˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tiào jìn Huáng Hé sǐ bù cing
    • Wade–Giles: tʻiao⁴ chin⁴ Huang² Ho² hsi³ pu⁴ chʻing¹
    • Yale: tyàu jìn Hwáng Hé syǐ bù chīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiaw jinn Hwang Her shii bu ching
    • Palladius: тяо цзинь Хуан Хэ си бу цин (tjao czinʹ Xuan Xɛ si bu cin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕin⁵¹ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ xɤ³⁵ ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 跳進黃河洗不清

1. to have a wrongful accusation that is unable to be got rid of

Synonyms

• 跳進黃浦江也洗不清／跳进黄浦江也洗不清
• 跳在黃河洗不清／跳在黄河洗不清