A clothes lifting device for a washing machine includes a body, which is internally provided with an accommodating chamber; water inlets, which are arranged in the body and communicate with the chamber; a centrifugal drainage assembly, which is arranged in the chamber, wherein the initial state of the centrifugal drainage assembly is a closed state, and the centrifugal drainage assembly is opened for drainage under the action of centrifugal force; and filtering assemblies, which are arranged on the water inlets of the body and are used for filtering water entering the chamber. The filtering assemblies can effectively filter thread scraps in water entering from the water inlets, so that the centrifugal drainage assembly is located in an environment without thread scraps or with few thread scraps, the possibility that the thread scraps are attached is fundamentally avoided, and the working reliability of the centrifugal drainage assembly is effectively guaranteed.