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Today, we explore the idiom 「源清流潔」. Below, we’ll cover its meaning and practical uses.
If the water at the source is clear, the water downstream will also be clear. Originally a metaphor that people in high positions are good, and people in the lower positions are also good. It also refers to the cause and effect relationship of things.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
yuán qīng liú jié
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
yun4 ching1 lau4 git3
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