Our mission is to provide free tools for learning Chinese. This series explores idioms and proverbs, meaningful phrases worth knowing. Today’s idiom: 「洗手奉公」.
Here, we present the idiom 「洗手奉公」. Below, you’ll find its explanation and examples of usage.
A metaphor for being loyal to one’s duties and being honest in serving the public. Same as “wash hands and take up duty”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
xǐ shǒu fèng gōng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
sai2 sau2 fung6 gung1
There are a countless number of Chinese idioms, each with unique meanings and applications. We’ve provided these resources to help guide you as you dive deeper into learning Chinese.
