洁身自好 — Chinese idiom
洁身自好
jié shēn zì hào
Traditional: 潔身自好
Meaning
- clean-living and honest ; to avoid immorality
- to shun evil influence
- to mind one's own business and keep out of trouble
- to keep one's hands clean
Character by character
- 洁jiéclean, pure; to purify, to cleanse
- 身shēnbody, torso; person; pregnancy
- 自zìself; private, personal; from
- 好hàogood, excellent, fine; proper, suitable; well
Idioms sharing a character
- 冰清玉洁 bīng qīng yù jié
- 玉洁冰清 yù jié bīng qīng
- 一身是胆 yī shēn shì dǎn
- 以身作则 yǐ shēn zuò zé
- 以身报国 yǐ shēn bào guó
- 以身许国 yǐ shēn xǔ guó
- 以身试法 yǐ shēn shì fǎ
- 全身而退 quán shēn ér tuì
- 分身乏术 fēn shēn fá shù
- 大显身手 dà xiǎn shēn shǒu
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