出淤泥而不染

chū yū ní ér bù rǎn

Dictionary entry

lit. to grow out of the mud unsullied (idiom)

What does 出淤泥而不染 mean?

出淤泥而不染 (chū yū ní ér bù rǎn) has the following dictionary meaning.

1lit. to grow out of the mud unsullied (idiom)

2fig. to be principled and incorruptible

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出chūto go out; to come out · to arise; to occur 淤yūsilt · river sludge 泥nímud · clay 而érand · as well as 不bùno; not so · (bound form) not; un-染rǎnto dye · to catch (a disease)

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