泥でい中ちゅうの蓮はす

expression, noun

a lotus in the mire; a rose among nettles; something pure amidst filth

Idiomatic expression describing a person or thing that remains pure and beautiful despite being in a corrupt or dirty environment. Often used in literary or moral contexts.

• 彼かの女じょは泥でい中ちゅうの蓮はすのように、悪わるい環かん境きょうの中なかでも清きよらかだった。

  She remained pure like a lotus in the mire, even in a bad environment.

• この作さく品ひんは、泥でい中ちゅうの蓮はすという言こと葉ばを思おもい起おこさせる。

  This work brings to mind the phrase 'a lotus in the mire'.