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Chinese
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blacken
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and; as well as; but (not) and; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast) |
not; no
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Buddhists; black silk; dark
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涅
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而
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不
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緇
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| simp. (涅而不缁)
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涅
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而
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不
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缁
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Etymology
From the Analects, Book 17 (《論語·陽貨》):
不曰堅乎，磨而不磷；不曰白乎，涅而不緇。
不曰坚乎，磨而不磷；不曰白乎，涅而不缁。 - From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Bù yuē jiān hū, mó ér bù lín; bù yuē bái hū, niè ér bù zī.
- But is it not said, that, if a thing be really hard, it may be ground without being made thin? Is it not said, that, if a thing be really white, it may be steeped in a dark fluid without being made black?
Pronunciation
Idiom
涅而不緇
- to be unaffected by adverse surroundings as one is virtuous
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