玉石混交

ぎょくせきこんこう

Also written 玉石混淆

Meanings

1. Noun mixed bag; mixture of good and bad; jumble of wheat and chaff (literally: mixture of precious gems and common rocks)

Kanji

• 玉 ball. Read as ギョク.
• 石 stone. Read as セキ.
• 混 mix. Read as コン.
• 交 exchange. Read as コウ.

Example sentences

• ボスには玉石混交のグループとは言われたけれど、俺は玉かな、それとも石なのかな。
  The boss said this group is a real mixed bag. I wonder if he places me with the wheat or the chaff.

Word lists

• Yojijukugo (四字熟語)

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