出淤泥而不染

chū yū ní ér bù rǎn

Definitions

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

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Child Words of 出淤泥而不染

no; not so

to go out

to dye

mud

restrained

and

silt