tāng
hún
shuǐ

dialect
proverb

Meaning of 蹚浑水

蹚浑水 means to wade into muddy waters; to get involved in shady or troublesome affairs; to follow others in doing bad things. Pronounced tāng hún shuǐ.

  • to wade into muddy waters; to get involved in shady or troublesome affairs; to follow others in doing bad things

Definitions & Examples

Zhè
zhǒng
shì
hái
shì
bié
tāng
hún
shuǐ
 

You'd better not get involved in this kind of shady business.

zǒng
huān
gēn
zhe
bié
rén
tāng
hún
shuǐ
r
 
zuì
hòu
le
shēn
fan
 

He always likes to follow others into trouble, and in the end he brought a heap of problems upon himself.

Zhè
shì
men
liǎng
zhī
jiān
de
ēn
yuàn
 
tāng
zhè
tàng
hún
shuǐ
 

This is a personal grudge between the two of them; why do you need to wade into these muddy waters?