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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yúlónghùnzá
  - Zhuyin: ㄩˊ ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄣˋ ㄗㄚˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yulonghuenntzar
  - IPA ^(key): /y³⁵ lʊŋ³⁵ xu̯ən⁵¹ t͡sä³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyu⁴ lung⁴ wan⁶ zaap⁶
  - Yale: yùh lùhng wahn jaahp
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴ lung⁴ wan⁶ dzaap⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴ lung⁴ wen⁶ zab⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹ lʊŋ²¹ wɐn²² t͡säːp̚²/

Idiom

魚龍混雜

good and bad things or people being mixed together indiscriminately

See also

泥沙俱下

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