洗手不干 - Chinese Idiom

Collocation

1

想要洗手不干

2

打算洗手不干

3

决定洗手不干

4

已经洗手不干

Definition

洗手不干

Literally means:

wash hand and don't do again

Actually means:

a bad person wash one's hands of criminal activity

It implies abandoning the depraved way of life and returning to the path of virtue.

坏人不再做坏事。有改邪归正的意思。

Example

Used as predicate or object. (作谓语、宾语)

1

Zhège

这个

rén

人

yuánlái

原来

shì

是

gè

个

xiǎotōu

小偷

,

xiànzài

现在

yǐjīng

已经

xǐshǒubùgàn

洗手不干

le

了

,

chéngwéi

成为

le

了

yī

一

gè

个

shǒufǎ

守法

gōngmín

公民

。

The man, who turned out to be a thief, has now washed his hands and become a law-abiding citizen.

2

Tā

他

yīn

因

jīngcháng

经常

dǔqián

赌钱

bēi

背

le

了

yīshēn

一身

zhài

债

,

zài

在

jiārén

家人

de

的

quànshuō

劝说

xià

下

,

zhōngyú

终于

juédìng

决定

xǐshǒubùgàn

洗手不干

,

jièdiào

戒掉

zhège

这个

èxí

恶习

。

He often gambled money back a debt, in the family's persuasion, finally decided to wash their hands do not do, quit this bad habit.

3

Tā

他

niánjì

年纪

hěn

很

qīng

轻

,

zhǐyào

只要

nénggòu

能够

xǐshǒubùgàn

洗手不干

,

gǎixiéguīzhēng

改邪归正

,

háishi

还是

yǒu

有

qiántú

前途

de

的

。

He is very young, as long as he can wash his hands and do not do, change the evil, there is still a future.