跳進黃河洗不清 [－进黄－－－－]

Jyutping tiu3 zeon3 wong4 ho4 sai2 bat1 cing1
Pinyin tiào jìn huáng hé xǐ bù qīng

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. lit. even jumping into the Yellow River can't get you clean
  2. fig. to become inexorably mixed up
  3. mired in controversy
  4. in deep trouble
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. phrase, idiomatic
    to have a wrongful accusation that is unable to be got rid of
    (syn.) 跳進黃河洗不清, 跳入黃河洗不清, 水洗都唔清, 跳到黃河洗不清, 三條坑水洗唔會淨, 跳在黃河洗不清, 跳進黃浦汏勿清, 水洗都唔淨, 三條坑水洗唔淨