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出淤泥而不染

chū yū ní ér bù rǎn

6-character word

What 出淤泥而不染 means

1. lit. to grow out of the mud unsullied (idiom)
2. fig. to be principled and incorruptible

The characters in 出淤泥而不染

• 出chūto go out; to come out; to arise; to occur; to produce; to yield
• 淤yūsilt; river sludge; to silt up
• 泥nímud; clay; paste
• 而érand; as well as; and so
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 染rǎnto dye; to catch (a disease); to acquire (bad habits etc)

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