出淤泥而不染

出
淤
泥
而
不
染
lit. to grow out of the mud unsullied (idiom) / fig. to be principled and incorruptible

Characters and words in 出淤泥而不染

出
chu̅ = chu + Ø1
to go out / to come out / to occur / to produce / to go beyond / to rise / to put forth / to happen / (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result) / classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc
出 = 屮 + 凵 : Mnemonic symbol: 出 tilted 90 degrees looks like "EE". "EE" is an abbreviation for "emergency exit". In front of the space station (Ø1) Chantal Chicken (chu) plugged her thornbush (屮) into a receptacle (凵), but it short circuited and immediately caught fire. Chantal has no option but to use the emergency exit (出) she came out of to go back into the space station.
出
齣
chu̅ = chu + Ø1
variant of 出[chu1] (classifier for plays or chapters of classical novels)
淤
yu̅ = yu + Ø1
silt / river sludge / to silt up / choked with silt / variant of 瘀[yu1]
淤
泥
silt / sludge / ooze
泥
ní = ni + Ø2
mud / clay / paste / pulp
泥 = 尼 + 氵 : Nefertiti (ni) wants to punish the Buddhist nun (尼) for not believing in her. Just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2) she put the nun's feet into a bucket and added cement (泥) and a bottle of water (氵) so that the nun is restrained (泥) by the clay (泥).
泥
nì = ni + Ø4
restrained
而
ér = Ø + Ø2
and / as well as / and so / but (not) / yet (not) / (indicates causal relation) / (indicates change of state) / (indicates contrast)
而 = 𦉫 + 丆 : A comb. Albert Einstein is getting ready to go out just inside the entrance of the space station. He put up some loud music on the stereo and tries to comb his hair with his comb and the help of a wind wheel.
不
bù = bu + Ø4
no; not so / (bound form) not; un-
不 = 丆 + 卜 : Bruno Bear (bu) is setting up a wind wheel (丆) with a voodoo staff (卜) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). He also puts a "forbidden" sign (mnemonic symbol for 不) on it, to make clear that it may not (不) be stopped.
染
rǎn = r + an3
to dye / to catch (a disease) / to acquire (bad habits etc) / to contaminate / to add color washes to a painting
染 = 木 + 氿 : Robinson Crusoe (r) finds that there is a small mountain spring (氿) in the anthill (an3). Unfortunately it is contaminated (染) by a plastic Christmas tree (木) standing next to it. The BPA and dye from the Christmas tree leak into the water and change the creek's color (染).

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