两袖清风

liǎng xiù qīng fēng

incorruptible (of officials)

Character by character

两liǎng
two

袖xiù
sleeves

清qīng
clear

风fēng
breeze

他当了一辈子官，始终两袖清风。

He was an official all his life and never took a bribe.

Tone: positive (praise).

The Ming official Yu Qian went to the capital carrying nothing in his sleeves but a breeze instead of gifts.

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