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金盆洗手

jīn pén xǐ shǒu

4-character word

What 金盆洗手 means

1. lit. to wash one's hands in a gold basin (idiom)
2. fig. to abandon the life of an outlaw

The characters in 金盆洗手

• 金jīngold; chemical element Au; generic term for lustrous and ductile metals
• 盆pénbasin; flower pot; unit of volume equal to 12 斗
• 洗xǐto wash; to bathe; to develop (photographs); to shuffle (cards etc)
• 手shǒuhand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work

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