associate oneself with undesirable elements
As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is t ó ngch é NH é w ū, which means people who behave in the same way as the common people and in the same dirty world. It comes from book collection, biography of minister, di Renjie.
The origin of Idioms
Li Zhi of the Ming Dynasty, in his collection of books, biography of the minister, di Renjie, said: "the same dust and the same dirt, the same snake with the world."
Idiom usage
Used as predicate, attribute, object, etc
Analysis of Idioms
Synonym: go together with others
associate oneself with undesirable elements
sincerity can make metal and stone crack - jīn shí wèi kāi
plagiarize from different sources - dōng chāo xī xí
distinct eyebrows and bright eyes - xiān méi liàng yǎn