龙蛇混杂 (龍蛇混雜)
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Pinyin
Definition
龙蛇混杂 (龍蛇混雜)
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- lit. dragons and snakes mingle (idiom)
- fig. a mix of good people and scumbags
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一年被蛇咬十年怕井绳
- 1 bitten by a snake in one year, fears the well rope for ten years (idiom); once bitten twice shy
一朝被蛇咬,十年怕井绳
- 1 once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope
- 2 once bitten, twice shy (idiom)
人心不足蛇吞象
- 1 a man who is never content is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant (idiom)
佛口蛇心
- 1 words of a Buddha, heart of a snake (idiom); two-faced
- 2 malicious and duplicitous
引蛇出洞
- 1 lit. to pull a snake from its hole
- 2 to expose a malefactor (idiom)