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 | ||
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| 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
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 跳進黃河洗不清 (“to have a wrongful accusation that is unable to be got rid of”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 跳進黃河洗不清, 跳到黃河洗不清, 跳入黃河洗不清, 跳在黃河洗不清 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 水洗都唔淨, 水洗都唔清 |
| Hong Kong | 水洗都唔清 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 跳落黃河洗唔清 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 三條坑水洗唔淨 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 三條坑水洗唔淨 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 三條坑水洗唔淨 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 三條坑水洗唔淨 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 三條坑水洗唔淨 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 三條坑水洗唔會淨 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 跳進黃浦汏勿清 |
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