Bad morals and bad deeds
As a Chinese idiom, Hu ì D é g ò UX í ng in pinyin means to pollute one's virtue to avoid disaster. It comes from the statement of Zhu Yuanhui, Lang Guan of the Ministry of defense, written by Ye Shi of Song Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
Ye Shi of the Song Dynasty wrote in the statement of Zhu Yuanhui, the Lang officer of the Ministry of Defense: "the Chinese material disintegrated, the sound and shadow of the Chinese material were destroyed, and the virtue and dirty behavior of the Chinese people were corrupted, so as to avoid this name."
Idiom explanation
It refers to self defilement of virtue to avoid disaster.
Idiom usage
Combined; as object; with derogatory meaning
Bad morals and bad deeds
There is no division between the two - xuān zhì bù fēn
neither spreading about nor branching out-concise - bù màn bù zhī
with both extensive knowledge and profound scholarship - dà hán xì rù
extraordinary as if done by the spirits - shén gōng guǐ lì