出淤泥而不染
Chinese edit
to go out; to come out; to occur to go out; to come out; to occur; to produce; to go beyond; to rise; to put forth; to happen; (a measure word for dramas, plays, or operas) |
silt; sludge; ooze | and; as well as; but (not) and; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast) |
not; no | to catch (a disease); dye | ||
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trad. (出淤泥而不染) | 出 | 淤泥 | 而 | 不 | 染 | |
simp. #(出淤泥而不染) | 出 | 淤泥 | 而 | 不 | 染 | |
Literally: “emerge from the mud without becoming soiled”. |
Pronunciation edit
Idiom edit
出淤泥而不染
- to rise out of the ghetto and make something of oneself; to have been in bad surroundings without allowing oneself to be affected by them.