金盆洗手

Traditional form:

金盆洗手

Pinyin (reading):

jīnpénxǐshǒu

Definitions:

• lit. to wash one's hands in a gold basin (idiom)
• fig. to abandon the life of an outlaw

Characters:

• 金 - gold, metal; money
• 盆 - basin, bowl, pot, tub
• 洗 - to bathe, to rinse, to wash
• 手 - hand

Traditional characters:

• 金 - gold, metal; money
• 盆 - basin, bowl, pot, tub
• 洗 - to bathe, to rinse, to wash
• 手 - hand