同流合污
tóng liú hé wū
Pinyin

Definition

同流合污
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tóng liú hé wū
  1. to wallow in the mire with sb (idiom); to follow the bad example of others

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

不同
bù tóng
  1. 1 different
  2. 2 distinct
  3. 3 not the same
  4. 4 not alike
交流
jiāo liú
  1. 1 to exchange
  2. 2 exchange
  3. 3 communication
  4. 4 interaction
  5. 5 to have social contact (with sb)
同
tóng
  1. 1 (used in given names)
  2. 2 variant: 同 tóng
共同
gòng tóng
  1. 1 common
  2. 2 joint
  3. 3 jointly
  4. 4 together
  5. 5 collaborative
合
gě
  1. 1 100 ml
  2. 2 one-tenth of a peck
  3. 3 measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of sheng 升 or liter, or one-hundredth dou 斗

Idioms (20)

一拍即合
yī pāi jí hé
  1. 1 lit. to be together from the first beat (idiom)
  2. 2 to hit it off
  3. 3 to click together
  4. 4 to chime in easily
一掬同情之泪
yī jū tóng qíng zhī lèi
  1. 1 to shed tears of sympathy (idiom)
一视同仁
yī shì tóng rén
  1. 1 to treat everyone equally favorably (idiom); not to discriminate between people
三个臭皮匠，合成一个诸葛亮
sān gè chòu pí jiang , hé chéng yī gè Zhū gě Liàng
  1. 1 lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom
三马同槽
sān mǎ tóng cáo
  1. 1 three horses at the same trough (idiom, alluding to Sima Yi 司馬懿|司马懿[Sī mǎ Yì] and his two sons); conspirators under the same roof

Sample Sentences

正是因为没有任何背景，股东就觉得他不会跟那些老狐狸同流合污啊。
zhèngshì yīnwèi méiyǒu rènhé bèijǐng ，gǔdōng jiù juéde tā bù huì gēn nàxiē lǎohúlí tóngliúhéwū ā 。
It's exactly because he doesn't have any 'background'. The shareholders don't think that he'll get involved with those old foxes and follow their lead.
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