洗手不幹

简 洗手不干 · 繁 洗手不幹
Mandarin · pinyin xǐ shǒu bù gàn

Meanings

  1. to totally stop doing something
  2. to reform one's ways
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洗
xǐ · wash, rinse; clean, purify
手
shǒu · hand
不
bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
幹
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干
gàn · oppose, offend; invade; dried
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3–3–4–4 · xi3 shou3 bu4 gan4

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sai2 sau2 bat1 gon3

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