Wash one's hands and do one's duty

Wash one's hands and do one's duty

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is x ǐ sh ǒ UF è NGG ō ng, which means to be loyal to duty and honest. It's the same as "wash your hands and do your duty". It's from the chronicle of Lang Qian.

The origin of Idioms

The eleventh volume of Lang Qian Ji Wen written by Chen Kangqi in the Qing Dynasty: "the number of daily use in the palace can't be more than two or three times according to the previous generation, while the doctors in the house of internal affairs are all regarded as the cream of the cave, and there are few people who wash their hands to serve the public."

Analysis of Idioms

Wash one's hands and do one's duty

Idiom usage

Be faithful to one's duty