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Open the tool →跳到黄河洗不清 (tiào dào huáng hé xǐ bù qīng) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to be so thoroughly implicated or suspected that it's impossible to clear one's name, no matter how hard one tries; to be unable to wash oneself clean of a charge or suspicion”.
跳到黄河洗不清 is pronounced tiào dào huáng hé xǐ bù qīng in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 跳到黄河洗不清 means “Jump into the Yellow River and still can't wash clean”. It is used to mean “to be so thoroughly implicated or suspected that it's impossible to clear one's name, no matter how hard one tries; to be unable to wash oneself clean of a charge or suspicion”.
比喻无法摆脱嫌疑。