同流合污
tóng​liú​hé​wū

to wallow in the mire

  • created sense approved 同流合污 · tóng​liú​hé​wū · to wallow in the mire — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    同流合污

    tóng​liú​hé​wū

    to wallow in the mire

    to associate with evil people and join them in doing bad things; to follow the bad example of others

    同流合汙

    同 (literal) → 同 · tóng · together 流 (literal) → 流 · liú · to degenerate 合 (literal) → 合 · hé · to join 污 (literal) → 污 · wū · corrupt

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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