disinterested

disinterested

Clear as water, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ī Q ī NgR ú Shu ǐ, meaning as clear as water. It is described as an honest and clean official without corruption or bribery. It's also very clean. It's from the second episode of West Lake: ancestor's control and the spirit's rescue.

Analysis of Idioms

Antonym: corruption, bribery and perversion of the law

Idiom usage

Don't make people happy, brother. Who knows that Dai Erye is always as clear as water. (the third chapter of Li Baojia's officialdom in the Qing Dynasty)

The origin of Idioms

Zhou Ji of the Ming Dynasty wrote in the second episode of the West Lake, the emperor's ruling and the emperor's Rescuing: "you are as clear as water in the Yamen. The imperial court knows that you are all honest officials, and will hire you as an official in the future."