金盆洗手

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Chinese

copper basin used for washing; sun or round moon to wash one's hands; to go to the toilet
trad. (金盆洗手) 金盆 洗手
simp. #(金盆洗手) 金盆 洗手
Literally: “to wash one's hands in a gold(-coloured) basin”.

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Idiom

金盆洗手

  1. (figurative) to abandon one's life as an outlaw (after having made a fortune)
  2. (by extension) to abandon one's decade-long career; to give up on something one does as a routine