魚龍混雜

Chinese

		fish and dragon	to mix; to mingle
trad. (魚龍混雜)		魚龍	混雜
simp. (鱼龙混杂)		鱼龙	混杂
Literally: “fish (bad) and dragon (good) mixed together”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yúlónghùnzá

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˊ ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄣˋ ㄗㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴ lung⁴ wan⁶ zaap⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yúlónghùnzá
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˊ ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄣˋ ㄗㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yúlónghùnzá
    • Wade–Giles: yü²-lung²-hun⁴-tsa²
    • Yale: yú-lúng-hwùn-dzá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yulonghuenntzar
    • Palladius: юйлунхуньцза (jujlunxunʹcza)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y³⁵ lʊŋ³⁵ xu̯ən⁵¹ t͡sä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu⁴ lung⁴ wan⁶ zaap⁶
    • Yale: yùh lùhng wahn jaahp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴ lung⁴ wan⁶ dzaap⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴ lung⁴ wen⁶ zab⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹ lʊŋ²¹ wɐn²² t͡saːp̚²/

Idiom

魚龍混雜

1. good and bad things or people being mixed together indiscriminately

See also

• 泥沙俱下