龙蛇混杂lóng shé hùn zásnakes are mixed up with dragons—a motley crowd
❍ 俗语说的好，“一龙九种，种种有别”，未免人多了就有～，下流人物在内。(《红楼梦》110)❶…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.
❷…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. 龙蛇混杂lónɡ shé hùn zá比喻好人与坏人混在一起。high and low were mixed together, a motley crowd |