清流

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

CEDICT

literary

Homographs

清流 Qīngliú see 清流縣 Qīngliú Xiàn

Entry Composition

1 清 qīng
  1. (of water etc) clear; clean
  2. quiet; still
  3. pure; uncorrupted
  4. clear; distinct
  5. to clear; to settle (accounts)
2 流 liú
  1. to flow
  2. to disseminate
  3. to circulate or spread
  4. to move or drift
  5. to degenerate
  6. to banish or send into exile
  7. stream of water or sth resembling one
  8. class, rate or grade