Daily Chinese Idiom Guessing Game
To maintain one's own integrity and not get involved in others' affairs or societal issues.
独唯独;善好,维护。原意是做不上官就修养好自身。现指只顾自己,不管别人。
《孟子·尽心上》穷则独善其身,达则兼善天下。”
In times of widespread corruption, he chose to focus on his own moral conduct and not engage in politics, practicing the principle of '独善其身'.