同流合污 — Chinese idiom
同流合污
tóng liú hé wū
Meaning
- to wallow in the mire with sb ; to follow the bad example of others
Character by character
- 同tóngsame, similar; together with, alike
- 流liúto flow, to drift, to circulate; class
- 合héto combine, to join, to unite; to gather
- 污wūfilthy, dirty; polluted, impure
Idioms sharing a character
- 一视同仁 yī shì tóng rén
- 不同凡响 bù tóng fán xiǎng
- 不敢苟同 bù gǎn gǒu tóng
- 不约而同 bù yuē ér tóng
- 公诸同好 gōng zhū tóng hào
- 同仇敌忾 tóng chóu dí kài
- 同室操戈 tóng shì cāo gē
- 同床异梦 tóng chuáng yì mèng
- 同心协力 tóng xīn xié lì
- 同心同德 tóng xīn tóng dé
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