出淤泥而不染

chū yū ní ér bù rǎn

Meaning

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

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出chūto go out, to send out; stand; produce屮凵淤yūmud, sediment; to clog up, to silt up氵於泥nímud, earth, clay; plaster, paste氵尼而érand, and then, and yet; but 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix一染rǎndye; to catch; to infect; to be contagious氿木