洁 身 自 好

jié shēn zì hàodictionary entry

clean-living and honest (idiom) / to avoid immorality / to shun evil influence / to mind one's own business and keep out of trouble / to keep one's hands clean

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Original source entry:

潔身自好 洁身自好 [jie2 shen1 zi4 hao4] /clean-living and honest (idiom); to avoid immorality/to shun evil influence/to mind one's own business and keep out of trouble/to keep one's hands clean/

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Other forms in these source records: 潔身自好

洁
jié
clean
身
shēn
body / life / oneself / personally / one's morality and conduct / the main part of a structure or body / pregnant / classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset / Kangxi radical 158
自
zì
(bound form) self / oneself / from / since / naturally / as a matter of course
好
hǎo
good / appropriate / proper / all right! / (before a verb) easy to / (before a verb) good to / (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so / (verb complement indicating completion) / (of two people) close / on intimate terms / (after a form of address) hello
hào
to be fond of / to have a tendency to / to be prone to

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