tiào​jìn​huáng​hé​xǐ​bù​qīng

deeply mired in trouble

  1. to jump into
    to jump into; to plunge into
  2. Yellow River
    The second-longest river in China, originating in the Bayan Har Mountains and flowing into the Bohai Sea; widely considered the birthplace of Chinese civilization.
  3. to clear away
    to clear away; to eliminate; to redress a wrong or clear one's name
  4. bu particle
    [potential]
    Used between a verb and its result to show that the action cannot achieve that result; used as the negative form of the de potential construction
  5. qīng particle
    clearly
    [used as a resultative complement] clearly; fully; thoroughly