渾水

浑水
húnshuǐ
  1. (figurative) chaotic situation (that no one would like to involve themselves in)
  2. chaotic situation (that no one would like to involve themselves in)
  3. muddy water

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

=1 渾 hún
  1. muddy; turbid
  2. brainless; foolish
  3. (bound form) simple; natural
  4. (bound form) whole; entire; all over
=1 渾 gǔn
  1. only used in 渾渾／浑浑 (gǔngǔn, “alternative form of 滾滾; rolling along”)
  2. to fall
=2 水 Shuǐ surname Shui
=2 水 shuǐ
  1. water
  2. (after a name) ... River
  3. to swim (used mostly in 會水 huìshuǐ and 水性 shuǐxìng)
  4. (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy
  5. (bound form) additional cost; extra income
  6. classifier for washings of a garment

Containing this entry

渾水摸魚 húnshuǐmōyú to fish in troubled water (idiom); to take advantage of a crisis for personal gain
趟渾水 tānghúnshuǐ (fig.) to get involved in an unsavory enterprise
蹚渾水 tānghúnshuǐ variant of 趟渾水 tānghúnshuǐ