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to bathe the body and cleanse virtue (idiom); to improve oneself by meditation / cleanliness is next to godlinessSources & editorial notes
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澡身浴德 澡身浴德 [zao3 shen1 yu4 de2] /to bathe the body and cleanse virtue (idiom); to improve oneself by meditation/cleanliness is next to godliness/Reference definitions and teaching material have separate provenance.
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