Definition

Adjective: - Pure and upright; honest and incorruptible: Describes a person, especially an official or intellectual, who maintains moral integrity, is free from corruption, and lives a simple, blameless life. It emphasizes both inner purity and outward conduct. - Clean and honest: Refers to a lifestyle or character that is straightforward, virtuous, and free from dishonesty or moral blemish.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Ông ấy là một viên chức thanh bạch, không bao giờ nhận hối lộ. (He is an honest and incorruptible official who never accepts bribes.)
  • Cuộc sống thanh bạch của nhà thơ được mọi người kính trọng. (The poet's pure and simple life is respected by everyone.)
  • Gia đình thanh bạch. (A clean and honest family.)

Advanced Usage

• Often used in formal or literary contexts to praise the moral character of scholars, mandarins, or public figures.
• Can describe an abstract quality of an era or a lifestyle: (a pure and honest time).

Variants and Related Words

• Thanh liêm (adj): Upright, honest, specifically implying incorruptibility, often in an official capacity.
• Trong sạch (adj): Clean, pure, uncontaminated (can be used morally or physically).
• Tiết tháo (n): Moral integrity, principle. Often appears in the context of "giữ tiết tháo" (to preserve one's integrity), which is closely related to the concept of .

Synonyms

• Incorruptible: Incapable of being morally corrupted.
• Upright: Strictly honest or honorable.
• Virtuous: Having high moral standards.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Sống thanh bạch: To live a pure and honest life.
  • Cả đời ông cụ sống thanh bạch. (The old man lived a pure and honest life his entire life.)
• Danh tiếng thanh bạch: A reputation for integrity.
  • Vị quan đó có danh tiếng thanh bạch. (That mandarin has a reputation for integrity.)

adj

1. pure and upright