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The Chinese word 一尘不染 is formed by sequentially combining the characters 一 (meaning "one"), 尘 (meaning "dust"), 不 (meaning "not"), and 染 (meaning "to stain"), resulting in a literal composition that reads as "not a single dust stains", which structurally conveys the concept of being entirely unstained.

Word Definition - 一尘不染

yī chén bù rǎn (idiom) untainted by even a speck of dust; spotlessly clean; (of a person) honest; incorruptible

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