井渫不食
jǐng​xiè​bù​shí

to be clean but ignored

  • created reference approved 井渫不食 → 井渫莫食 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    井渫不食 jǐng​xiè​bù​shí

    井渫莫食 jǐng​xiè​mò​shí

    variant

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 井渫不食 · jǐng​xiè​bù​shí · to be clean but ignored — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    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.

    井 (literal) → 井 · jǐng · well 渫 (literal) → 渫 · xiè · to dredge 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 食 (literal) → 食 · shí · to eat

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense