出淤泥而不染

chūyūní'érbùrǎn ㄔㄨ ㄩ ㄋㄧˊ ㄦˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄢˇ

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

Character by character

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