一塵不染

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	dust; dirt; earth	not; no	to catch (a disease); dye
trad. (一塵不染)		一	塵	不	染
simp. (一尘不染)		一	尘	不	染

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīchénbùrǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄔㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ can⁴ bat¹ jim⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīchénbùrǎn [Phonetic: yìchénbùrǎn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄔㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yichénbùrǎn
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-chʻên²-pu⁴-jan³
    • Yale: yī-chén-bù-rǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ichernburaan
    • Palladius: ичэньбужань (ičɛnʹbužanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ pu⁵¹ ʐän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ can⁴ bat¹ jim⁵
    • Yale: yāt chàhn bāt yíhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ tsan⁴ bat⁷ jim⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ cen⁴ bed¹ yim⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ t͡sʰɐn²¹ pɐt̚⁵ jiːm¹³/

Idiom

一塵不染

1. (Buddhism) to be unstained by an evil environment; to be selfless and incorruptible
2. (figurative) to be immaculate; to be spotless

Synonyms

• (to be immaculate): 斷點塵／断点尘