清流

Qingliu county in Sanming 三明[San1 ming2], Fujian

clean flowing water / (fig.) (literary) honorable person, untainted by association with disreputable influences / scholars who (in former times) kept themselves aloof from the corrupting influence of those in power

Qing (Wade-Giles: Ch'ing) dynasty of imperial China (1644-1911) / surname Qing

clear / distinct / quiet / just and honest / pure / to settle or clear up / to clean up or purge

(of water etc) clear; clean / quiet; still / pure; uncorrupted / clear; distinct / to clear; to settle (accounts)

to flow / to disseminate / to circulate or spread / to move or drift / to degenerate / to banish or send into exile / stream of water or sth resembling one / class, rate or grade

Qingliu county in Sanming 三明[San1 ming2], Fujian

(fig.) a breath of fresh air