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Open the tool →跳在黄河也洗不清 (tiào zài huáng hé yě xǐ bù qīng) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to be unable to clear oneself of suspicion”.
跳在黄河也洗不清 is pronounced tiào zài huáng hé yě xǐ bù qīng in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 跳在黄河也洗不清 means “Even if one jumps into the Yellow River, one cannot wash clean”. It is used to mean “to be unable to clear oneself of suspicion”.
比喻无法摆脱嫌疑。