浑水里洗澡,不可能洁净渾水里洗澡,不可能潔淨渾水里洗澡,不可能潔淨

Bathing in muddy water: you can't come out clean

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Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Someone living in a bad environment is likely to pick up bad habits. Compare 'lie down with dogs, get up with fleas'.
Wordplay: 洁净 (jiéjìng) means physically clean and also morally pure.

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Simplified: 浑水里洗澡,不可能洁净
Traditional (Taiwan): 渾水里洗澡,不可能潔淨
Pinyin: húnshuǐ lǐ xǐzǎo,bù kěnéng jiéjìng
Bopomofo: ㄏㄨㄣˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄌㄧˇ ㄒㄧˇ ㄗㄠˇ,ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄋㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄐㄧㄥˋ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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