龍蛇混雜

See also: 龙蛇混杂

Chinese

		dragons and snakes; good and bad people	to mix; to mingle
trad. (龍蛇混雜)		龍蛇	混雜
simp. (龙蛇混杂)		龙蛇	混杂
Literally: “dragons and snakes jumbled together”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lóngshéhùnzá

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄕㄜˊ ㄏㄨㄣˋ ㄗㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lung⁴ se⁴ wan⁶ zaap⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lóngshéhùnzá
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄕㄜˊ ㄏㄨㄣˋ ㄗㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lóngshéhùnzá
    • Wade–Giles: lung²-shê²-hun⁴-tsa²
    • Yale: lúng-shé-hwùn-dzá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: longsherhuenntzar
    • Palladius: луншэхуньцза (lunšɛxunʹcza)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ³⁵ ʂɤ³⁵ xu̯ən⁵¹ t͡sä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lung⁴ se⁴ wan⁶ zaap⁶
    • Yale: lùhng sèh wahn jaahp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lung⁴ se⁴ wan⁶ dzaap⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lung⁴ sé⁴ wen⁶ zab⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ²¹ sɛː²¹ wɐn²² t͡saːp̚²/

Idiom

龍蛇混雜

1. good and bad people mixed up; wise and unwise huddled together