撇清

tā gēn nà jiàn shì piē qīng le guān xi

她跟那件事撇清了关系。

She cleaned her hands of that affair.

tā men zhèng zài xiǎng bàn fǎ piē qīng tā tóng zhè xiàng zhòng dà jué cè de guān xi

他们正在想办法撇清他同这项重大决策的关系。

They are looking at ways to disentangle him from this major policydecision