Definitions

1. 1. lit. even jumping into the Yellow River can't get you clean
2. 2. fig. to become inexorably mixed up
3. 3. mired in controversy
4. 4. in deep trouble

Components

• 跳进 tiào jìn – to plunge into
• 黄河 Huáng Hé – PN:Yellow River or Huang He
• 洗 xǐ – to wash
• 不清 bù qīng – unclear