廉正 liánzhèng upright and honest
upright and honest; integrity
How to remember 廉正: 廉 upright + 正 upright = upright and honest.
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How it is used
- Upright and honest, esp. of officials - free of corruption - 为官廉正 (wéi guān liánzhèng) to be an honest official.
- Formal; part of the anti-corruption vocabulary about clean, principled conduct in office.
- Close to 廉洁 (liánjié); 廉正 stresses uprightness/integrity, 廉洁 stresses being unbribable/clean.