金盆洗手,汉语成语,指舍弃以前长期从事的行业或某件事,可以翻译为give up the old business。也可以用wash ones hands of something表示,有renounce, abandon, or distance oneself from someone or something的意思。
例句:
让一个做坏事的人金盆洗手真的那样难吗?
Is it really so hard for a wrongdoer to wash his hands of illegal activities?
我在一年前就金盆洗手了。
I gave up the old business a year ago.