refuse to be contaminated by an evil influence

refuse to be contaminated by an evil influence

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Ji é sh ē NZ ì h à o, which means to keep one's own purity. It also refers to the fear of provoking right and wrong, only concerned about themselves, not about public affairs. From Mencius, wanzhangshang.

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym] Mingzhe Baoshen [antonym] go hand in hand

The origin of Idioms

Mencius chapter one: "the way of saints is different, either far or near, or go or not, just to clean their bodies."

Idiom usage

It's a combination; it's a predicate, an object and an attribute; it's commendatory. In Guo Moruo's Hongbo Qu: "I don't agree with King Zhou of yin and King Wu of Zhou. It seems that I can't maintain that attitude. Lu Xun's escape from fame in the second episode of qijieting's Essays: "escape from fame can't be said to be open-minded, but if you go there, you will always be a person who is clean." Wen Xinhai's return to Liaodong in the late Ming Dynasty to listen to Yuan Keli in Suiyang: "Yuan Keli smiles a little and says to Yang Taixi with deep meaning:" Boxiong has been greatly favored by the emperor since he was young, so he has a bright future. But the more you suffer from the emperor's favor, the more you have to be clean and honest. " Zang Kejia's Lao She is always here: "as a writer and Professor, he keeps himself clean and does nothing. He is worried about the future of the country." Feng Zhi's Wu Zixu Linze: "you are so clean, but in the long run, will you die here?