激浊扬清 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 激濁揚清 jīzhuóyángqīng ㄐㄧ ㄓㄨㄛˊ ㄧㄤˊ ㄑㄧㄥ lit. drain away filth and bring in fresh water (idiom) fig. dispel evil and usher in good eliminate vice and exalt virtue Character by character 激(jī)arouse 浊(zhuó)turbid 扬(yáng)surname Yang 清(qīng)Qing (Wade-Giles: Ch'ing) dynasty of China A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0