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金盆洗手
Mandarin · pinyin jīn pén xǐ shǒu
Meanings
- lit. to wash one's hands in a gold basin (idiom)
- fig. to abandon the life of an outlaw
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1–2–3–3 · jin1 pen2 xi3 shou3
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
gam1 pun4 sai2 sau2
Cantonese word readings for 金盆洗手. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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gam1 pun4 sai2 sau2
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phrase
- (figurative) to abandon one's life as an outlaw (after having made a fortune)
- (by extension) to abandon one's decade-long career; to give up on something one does as a routine
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