龍蛇混雜lóng shé hùn zásnakes are mixed up with dragons—a motley crowd
? 俗語說的好，“一龍九種，種種有別”，未免人多了就有～，下流人物在內(nèi)。(《紅樓夢》110)?…as the proverb so aptly says，“A dragon begets nine offspring,each one different.”And ine vitably among so many boys there were low types too,snakes mixed up with dragons.
?…but as the proverb rightly says，“there are nine kinds of dragon and no two kinds are alike.” Where many are gathered together the wheat is sure to contain a certain amount of chaff; and this school was no exception in numbering some very ill-bred persons among its pupils. 龍蛇混雜lónɡ shé hùn zá比喻好人與壞人混在一起。high and low were mixed together, a motley crowd |