金盆洗手

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”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīnpénxǐshǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣ ㄆㄣˊ ㄒㄧˇ ㄕㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gam¹ pun⁴ sai² sau²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīnpénxǐshǒu [Phonetic: jīnpénxíshǒu]
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ ㄆㄣˊ ㄒㄧˇ ㄕㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jinpénsǐshǒu
    • Wade–Giles: chin¹-pʻên²-hsi³-shou³
    • Yale: jīn-pén-syǐ-shǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinpernshiishoou
    • Palladius: цзиньпэньсишоу (czinʹpɛnʹsišou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ pʰən³⁵ ɕi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gam¹ pun⁴ sai² sau²
    • Yale: gām pùhn sái sáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gam¹ pun⁴ sai² sau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gem¹ pun⁴ sei² seo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm⁵⁵ pʰuːn²¹ sɐi̯³⁵ sɐu̯³⁵/

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