- (idiom) untainted by even a speck of dust; spotlessly clean; (of a person) honest; incorruptible
Characters
- 一 (一): one; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1); also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
- 尘 (塵): dust; dirt; earth
- 不 (不): no; not so; (bound form) not; un-
- 染 (染): to dye; to catch (a disease); to acquire (bad habits etc); to contaminate; to add color washes to a painting
Resources
- Wiktionary: 一尘不染
- MDBG: 一尘不染
- Examples with 一尘不染 on Tatoeba
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