痛改前非

Chinese

		ache; pain; sorrow	to change; to alter; to transform to change; to alter; to transform; to correct	front, forepart; in front; past front, forepart; in front; past; former; previous; last; before; preceding; earlier; ago; future; time ahead; first; top; battlefront; to move forward	(be) not; wrong; blame (be) not; wrong; blame; Africa
trad. (痛改前非)		痛	改	前	非
simp. #(痛改前非)		痛	改	前	非

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tònggǎiqiánfēi

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥˋ ㄍㄞˇ ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄈㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tung³ goi² cin⁴ fei¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tònggǎiqiánfēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˋ ㄍㄞˇ ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄈㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tònggǎiciánfei
    • Wade–Giles: tʻung⁴-kai³-chʻien²-fei¹
    • Yale: tùng-gǎi-chyán-fēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tonqgaechyanfei
    • Palladius: тунгайцяньфэй (tungajcjanʹfɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ⁵¹ kaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ feɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tung³ goi² cin⁴ fei¹
    • Yale: tung gói chìhn fēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tung³ goi² tsin⁴ fei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tung³ goi² qin⁴ féi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ³³ kɔːi̯³⁵ t͡sʰiːn²¹ fei̯⁵⁵/

Idiom

痛改前非

1. to sincerely mend one's ways; to thoroughly rectify one's errors; to turn over a new leaf

Synonyms

• 悔過自新／悔过自新 (huǐguòzìxīn)
• 改惡從善／改恶从善 (gǎi'ècóngshàn)
• 改正錯誤／改正错误 (gǎizhèng cuòwù)
• 改行自新
• 改過自新／改过自新 (gǎiguòzìxīn)
• 改邪歸正／改邪归正 (gǎixiéguīzhèng)
• 放下屠刀 (fàngxiàtúdāo)
• 棄暗投明／弃暗投明 (qì'àntóumíng)
• 棄舊圖新／弃旧图新 (qìjiùtúxīn)
• 洗心革面 (xǐxīngémiàn)
• 重新做人 (chóngxīnzuòrén)
• 革面洗心 (gémiànxǐxīn)