泥垢
ní gòu
Pinyin
Definition
泥垢
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- dirt
- grime
Character Decomposition
Idioms (14)
出淤泥而不染
- 1 lit. to grow out of the mud unsullied (idiom)
- 2 fig. to be principled and incorruptible
判若云泥
- 1 as different as heaven and earth (idiom)
- 2 worlds apart
含垢忍辱
- 1 to bear shame and humiliation (idiom)
忍垢偷生
- 1 to bear humiliation to save one's skin (idiom)
泥古不化
- 1 conservative and unable to adapt (idiom)