同流合污

Chinese

		like; same; similar like; same; similar; together; alike; with	to flow; to spread; to circulate to flow; to spread; to circulate; to move	to close; to gather; to join to close; to gather; to join; to fit; all; together	dirt; filth
trad. (同流合污/同流合汙)		同	流	合	污/汙
simp. (同流合污)		同	流	合	污

Etymology

From Mencius:

同乎流俗，合乎污世。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE

Tóng hū liúsú, hé hū wūshì. [Pinyin]

They agree with the current customs. They consent with an impure age.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tóngliúhéwū

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄏㄜˊ ㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tung⁴ lau⁴ hap⁶ wu¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tông-liû-ha̍p-u / tông-liû-ha̍p-ù / tông-liû-ka̍p-ù

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tóngliúhéwū
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄏㄜˊ ㄨ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tónglióuhéwu
  - Wade–Giles: tʻung²-liu²-ho²-wu¹
  - Yale: túng-lyóu-hé-wū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: torngliouheru
  - Palladius: тунлюхэу (tunljuxɛu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ³⁵ li̯oʊ̯³⁵ xɤ³⁵ u⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tung⁴ lau⁴ hap⁶ wu¹
  - Yale: tùhng làuh hahp wū
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tung⁴ lau⁴ hap⁹ wu¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: tung⁴ leo⁴ heb⁶ wu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ²¹ lɐu̯²¹ hɐp̚² wuː⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tông-liû-ha̍p-u
  - Tâi-lô: tông-liû-ha̍p-u
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dongliu'hab'w
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tɔŋ²⁴⁻²² liu²⁴ hap̚⁴⁻³² u⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tông-liû-ha̍p-ù
  - Tâi-lô: tông-liû-ha̍p-ù
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dongliu'hab'ux
  - IPA (Taipei): /tɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ liu²⁴ hap̚⁴⁻³² u¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔŋ²³⁻³³ liu²³ hap̚⁴⁻³² u²¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tông-liû-ka̍p-ù
  - Tâi-lô: tông-liû-ka̍p-ù
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dongliu'kab'ux
  - IPA (Taipei): /tɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ liu²⁴ kap̚⁴⁻³² u¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔŋ²³⁻³³ liu²³ kap̚⁴⁻³² u²¹/

Idiom

同流合污

to commit evil deeds together with the contemptible and evil people