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The Chinese idiom, Li á ngy ǒ UB ù y ī, refers to the mixture of good and bad people. It's hard to tell. The same as "the good and the bad are intermingled". It comes from the biography of Jueluo manbao, a draft of the history of the Qing Dynasty.

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: intermingled good and bad, mixed good and bad

Idiom usage

You told the inspector that the refugees were good and bad. If something happened, could he bear it? The fourth act of Mao Dun's before and after Qingming

The origin of Idioms

"The shanty people in Fujian and Zhejiang provinces are engaged in planting indigo, papermaking and burning ash, which are good and bad," says Jueluo manbao biography, a draft of the history of the Qing Dynasty