跳進黃河洗不清 [ㄊㄧㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄏㄜˊ ㄒㄧˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧㄥ; tiao4 jin4 huang2 he2 xi3 bu4 qing1] lit. even jumping into the Yellow River can't get you clean fig. to become inexorably mixed up mired in controversy in deep trouble ◄ ►