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金盆洗手
jīn pén xǐ shǒu
What 金盆洗手 means
- lit. to wash one's hands in a gold basin (idiom)
- 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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