清心寡慾

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(idiom) uninterested in self-indulgence · abstemious · ascetic

2 Written Forms

Meanings

  1. (idiom) uninterested in self-indulgence
  2. abstemious
  3. ascetic

Written Forms

清心寡慾Traditional · Main Form
清心寡欲Alternate Form

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