Wash one's hands and do one's duty

Wash one's hands and do one's duty

The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is x ǐ sh ǒ UF è ngzh í, which means to be loyal to duty and honest. It comes from the tablet of Shendao in the tomb of huliang, the governor of Shaofu, an ancient Sanfu in the middle of Tang Dynasty.

Interpretation of Idioms

Hand washing: to make hands clean, which means to be honest; Duty: to hold a post. It refers to being loyal to duty and being honest. It comes from Han Yu's tablet of Shendao in the tomb of huliang, the governor of Shaofu in the Tang Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

Han Yu of Tang Dynasty wrote "the tablet of Shendao in the cemetery of huliang, the governor of Shaofu, the former Sanfu in Tang Dynasty:" in the fourth year of Jianzhong period, Zhao Zan, the minister, was an envoy to Du, and Jian Gong was a censor to supervise. He mainly fed the army to the east of Weiqiao. He did his duty and didn't pay for it. "

Idiom usage

Be loyal to one's duty.