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Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary
- 洁身自好
[jiéshēnzìhào]
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1.
保持自身清白,不同流合污;也指只顾惜自己,对公众的事置之不理。
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2.
"好"这里不读hǎo。
Examples
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他爱惜羽毛、洁身自好,令人钦佩。
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He takes great care not to do anything that may compromise his good name. That's great.
→ 爱惜羽毛
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洁身自好。
→ 身
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a clean liver
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爱干净的人,洁身自好的人
→ liver
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to keep one's nose clean
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[inf] 洁身自好
→ nose
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Word Decomposition
洁
[jié]
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身
[shēn]
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自
[zì]
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好
[hào]
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