níshājùxià

泥沙俱下

Word · Adjective

good and bad mixed together

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Meanings

1 sense · 4 examples
1.

adjective

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

literary

Used to describe a situation where positive and negative elements are indiscriminately combined, often due to rapid development, large-scale recruitment, or lack of discrimination. It carries a slightly negative or cautionary nuance.

Zài在
hù互
lián联
wǎng网
kuài快
sù速
fā发
zhǎn展
de的
chū初
qī期
 ,
xìn信
xī息
ní泥
shā沙
jù俱
xià下
 ,
zhēn真
jiǎ假
nán难
biàn辨
 。

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公
sī司
dà大
guī规
mó模
zhāo招
pìn聘
shí时
 ,
nán难
miǎn免
huì会
ní泥
shā沙
jù俱
xià下
 ,
hùn混
jìn进
yī一
xiē些
bù不
hé合
gé格
de的
rén人
 。

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

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Zhè这
gǔ股
yí移
mín民
cháo潮
guī规
mó模
jù巨
dà大
 ,
nán难
miǎn免
ní泥
shā沙
jù俱
xià下
 。

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

Duì对
dài待
xīn新
shēng生
shì事
wù物
 ,
wǒ我
men们
bù不
néng能
yīn因
wèi为
kě可
néng能
ní泥
shā沙
jù俱
xià下
jiù就
quán全
pán盘
fǒu否
dìng定
 。

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