龙蛇混杂 — Chinese idiom
龙蛇混杂
lóng shé hùn zá
Traditional: 龍蛇混雜
Meaning
- lit. dragons and snakes mingle
- fig. a mix of good people and scumbags
Character by character
- 龙lóngdragon; symbol of the emperor
- 蛇shésnake
- 混hùnmuddy, confused; to mix, to blend; to mingle
- 杂zámix, blend; various, miscellaneous
Idioms sharing a character
- 人中龙凤 rén zhōng lóng fèng
- 伏龙凤雏 fú lóng fèng chú
- 来龙去脉 lái lóng qù mài
- 大排长龙 dà pái cháng lóng
- 扳龙附凤 bān lóng fù fèng
- 望子成龙 wàng zǐ chéng lóng
- 活龙活现 huó lóng huó xiàn
- 生龙活虎 shēng lóng huó hǔ
- 画龙点睛 huà lóng diǎn jīng
- 盘龙卧虎 pán lóng wò hǔ
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