清風兩袖
qīng​fēng​liǎng​xiù

honest and upright; remaining poor upon retirement

  • created reference approved 清风两袖/清風兩袖 → 两袖清风/兩袖清風 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    清风两袖 / 清風兩袖 qīng​fēng​liǎng​xiù

    两袖清风 / 兩袖清風 liǎng​xiù​qīng​fēng

    see

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 清风两袖/清風兩袖 · qīng​fēng​liǎng​xiù · honest and upright; remaining poor upon retirement — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    清风两袖 / 清風兩袖

    qīng​fēng​liǎng​xiù

    honest and upright; remaining poor upon retirement

    (idiom) describes an official who is clean and honest, having no personal wealth or ill-gotten gains; remaining poor after leaving public office as a result of integrity

    清风 (literal) → 清风/清風 · qīng​fēng · integrity 两 (literal) → 两/兩 · liǎng · a few 袖 (literal) → 袖 · xiù · sleeve

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

    created sense