鱼龙混杂 — Chinese idiom
鱼龙混杂
yú lóng hùn zá
Traditional: 魚龍混雜
Meaning
- lit. fish and dragons mixed in together ; fig. crooks mixed in with the honest folk
Character by character
- 鱼yúfish
- 龙lóngdragon; symbol of the emperor
- 混hùnmuddy, confused; to mix, to blend; to mingle
- 杂zámix, blend; various, miscellaneous
Idioms sharing a character
- 如鱼得水 rú yú dé shuǐ
- 水清无鱼 shuǐ qīng wú yú
- 浑水摸鱼 hún shuǐ mō yú
- 漏网之鱼 lòu wǎng zhī yú
- 缘木求鱼 yuán mù qiú yú
- 自相鱼肉 zì xiāng yú ròu
- 葬身鱼腹 zàng shēn yú fù
- 釜底游鱼 fǔ dǐ yóu yú
- 雁杳鱼沉 yàn yǎo yú chén
- 鱼死网破 yú sǐ wǎng pò
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