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耳根清净

ěr gēn qīng jìng

4-character word Traditional 耳根清淨

What 耳根清净 means

1. lit. ears pure and peaceful (idiom)
2. to stay away from the filth and unrest of the world

The characters in 耳根清净

• 耳ěrear; handle (archaeology); and that is all (Classical Chinese)
• 根gēnroot; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings
• 清qīng(of water etc) clear; clean; quiet; still; pure; uncorrupted
• 净jìngclean; completely; only