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qing1 liu2
clean flowing water/(fig.) (literary) honorable person, untainted by association with disreputable influences/scholars who (in former times) kept themselves aloof from the corrupting influence of those in power
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qing1
clean flowing water/(fig.) (literary) honorable person, untainted by association with disreputable influences/scholars who (in former times) kept themselves aloof from the corrupting influence of those in power
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liu2
clean flowing water/(fig.) (literary) honorable person, untainted by association with disreputable influences/scholars who (in former times) kept themselves aloof from the corrupting influence of those in power