扬清激浊 (揚清激濁)
yáng qīng jī zhuó
Pinyin
Definition
扬清激浊 (揚清激濁)
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- lit. drain away filth and bring in fresh water (idiom); fig. dispel evil and usher in good
- eliminate vice and exalt virtue
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一清二楚
- 1 to be very clear about sth (idiom)
一清二白
- 1 perfectly clean
- 2 blameless
- 3 unimpeachable (idiom)
一清如水
- 1 lit. as clear as water (idiom)
- 2 fig. (of officials etc) honest and incorruptible
两袖清风
- 1 lit. both sleeves flowing in the breeze (idiom); having clean hands
- 2 uncorrupted
- 3 unsoiled by corrupt practices
冰清玉洁
- 1 clear as ice and clean as jade (idiom); spotless
- 2 irreproachable
- 3 incorruptible