鱼龙混杂
yú lóng hùn zá
a mixed bag; the good mixed in with the bad
Character by character
鱼yú
fish
fish
龙lóng
dragons
dragons
混hùn
mixed
mixed
杂zá
jumbled
jumbled
Example
网上的信息鱼龙混杂，要学会判断真假。
Information online is a mixed bag; you have to learn to tell true from false.
Tone: negative (criticism).
Usage and origin
Said of a market, a crowd or information where the honest and the dishonest are hard to tell apart.
Learn this in Lesson 61 · HSK 6: 预制菜之争 (The ready-meal debate)
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