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 to wash; to bathe not; no
clear; distinct; complete
clear; distinct; complete; pure
 
trad. (跳進黃河洗不清) 黃河
simp. (跳进黄河洗不清) 黄河
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
  • Cantonese (Jyutping): tiu3 zeon3 wong4 ho4 sai2 bat1 cing1

Idiom

跳進黃河洗不清

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

Synonyms