清流
cing1 lau4Qīng liúqīng liú
English
- see 清流縣|清流县[Qing1 liu2 Xian4]
- 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
Sources: cc-cedict, words.hk