泥沙 (ní shā) — limon; sédiment; (figuré) quelque chose de sans valeur ou de mauvaise qualité (de l'expression 泥沙俱下)

Définition

泥沙 is literally 'mud and sand' — silt and sediment carried or deposited by water. In the idiom 泥沙俱下 it means worthless matter mixed in with the good, implying bad things flooding in alongside the valuable.

noun
limonsédiment(figuré) quelque chose de sans valeur ou de mauvaise qualité (de l'expression 泥沙俱下)

Exemples

  • 泥沙
    Zhè tiáo hé lǐ ní shā tài duō, shuǐ hěn hún zhuó.
    This river has too much sediment, the water is very muddy.
  • 泥沙
    Gǎi gé kāi fàng chū qī, gè zhǒng sī xiǎng ní shā jù xià.
    In the early days of reform and opening up, all kinds of ideas, good and bad, came flooding in.
  • 泥沙
    Zhè xiē zuò pǐn zhì liàng bù yī, ní shā hěn duō.
    These works vary in quality; there is a lot of worthless stuff.

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