染缸里落白布，再也洗不清染缸里落白布，再也洗不清染缸里落白布，再也洗不清

white cloth dropped into a dye vat: can never be washed clean

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Widely known

Meaning: A stain on one's reputation can never be removed, or a wrong can never be cleared.
Wordplay: 洗 (xǐ) means both washing cloth and clearing one's name.

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Simplified: 染缸里落白布，再也洗不清
Pinyin: rǎngāng lǐ luò báibù, zàiyě xǐ bù qīng
Bopomofo: ㄖㄢˇ ㄍㄤㄌㄧˇ ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄅㄞˊ ㄅㄨˋ，ㄗㄞˋ ㄧㄝˇ ㄒㄧˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧㄥ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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