shā
xià

idiom
common

Meaning of 泥沙俱下

泥沙俱下 means good and bad mixed together; a mix of the worthy and worthless. Pronounced ní shā jù xià.

  • good and bad mixed together; a mix of the worthy and worthless

Definitions & Examples

Zài
lián
wǎng
kuài
zhǎn
de
chū
 
xìn
shā
xià
 
zhēn
jiǎ
nán
biàn
 

In the early days of the Internet's rapid development, information was a jumbled mix of good and bad, making it hard to distinguish truth from falsehood.

Gōng
guī
zhāo
pìn
shí
 
nán
miǎn
huì
shā
xià
 
hùn
jìn
xiē
de
rén
 

When a company recruits on a large scale, it's inevitable that the worthy and unworthy get mixed in together.

Zhè
mín
cháo
guī
 
nán
miǎn
shā
xià
 

This massive wave of immigration inevitably brings both good and bad elements.

Duì
dài
xīn
shēng
shì
 
men
néng
yīn
wèi
néng
shā
xià
jiù
quán
pán
fǒu
dìng
 

When dealing with new things, we shouldn't reject them entirely just because good and bad might be mixed together.