xǐ​shǒu​bù​gàn

to wash one's hands of

  • created reference approved 洗手不干/洗手不幹 → 改邪归正/改邪歸正 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    洗手不干 / 洗手不幹 xǐ​shǒu​bù​gàn

    改邪归正 / 改邪歸正 gǎi​xié​guī​zhèng

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 洗手不干/洗手不幹 · xǐ​shǒu​bù​gàn · to wash one's hands of — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    洗手不干 / 洗手不幹

    xǐ​shǒu​bù​gàn

    to wash one's hands of

    to quit doing something permanently; to stop an activity or involvement, often used when a wrongdoer decides to reform or go straight

    xǐ​shǒu​bú​gàn

    洗手 (literal) → 洗手 · xǐ​shǒu · to quit 不干 (literal) → 不干/不幹 · bù​gàn · to refuse

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense