原则性 | yuán zé xìng | principled | |
出淤泥而不染 | chū yū ní ér bù rǎn | lit. to grow out of the mud unsullied (idiom) / fig. to be principled and incorruptible | |
深明大义 | shēn míng dà yì | to have a high notion of one's duty / to be highly principled | |
人穷志不穷 | rén qióng zhì bù qióng | poor but with great ambitions (idiom) / poor but principled |