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出污泥而不染 (ceot1 wu1 nai4 ji4 bat1 jim5) — remain undefiled in the face of widespread corruption in Cantonese

ceotˉ¹出wuˉ¹污naiˎ₄泥jiˎ₄而batˉ¹不jimˏ₅染
Mandarin Pinyin: chu1 wu1 ni2 er2 bu4 ran3

Meaning of 出污泥而不染

nounremain undefiled in the face of widespread corruption
nounemerge unstained from the filth

Characters in 出污泥而不染

出ceot1
go out; come out
污wu1
dirty; filthy; polluted
泥nai4
mashed vegetable or fruit; paste
而ji4
on the condition that; supposing that; if
不bat1
not; no; un-
染jim5
dye; tint; colour

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