清流
qīng liú
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Definitions
- 1. Qingliu county in Sanming 三明[sān míng], Fujian
- 2. clean flowing water
- 3. (fig.) (literary) honorable person, untainted by association with disreputable influences
- 4. scholars who (in former times) kept themselves aloof from the corrupting influence of those in power