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井渫不食
jǐng​xiè​bù​shí

to be clean but ignored

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
井渫不食 jǐng​xiè​bù​shí
to be clean but ignored
The well is clean but no one drinks from it; used to describe a person of high integrity who remains unrecognized or unemployed by others.

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Variant of

  • 井渫莫食 jǐng​xiè​mò​shí