改惡從善

Chinese

		to change; to alter; to transform to change; to alter; to transform; to correct	evil; to hate; to loathe evil; to hate; to loathe; nauseated	from; obey; observe from; obey; observe; follow; second cousin; lax; yielding; unhurried	good
trad. (改惡從善)		改	惡	從	善
simp. (改恶从善)		改	恶	从	善

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǎi'ècóngshàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄞˇ ㄜˋ ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄕㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): goi² ok³ cung⁴ sin⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǎi'ècóngshàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄞˇ ㄜˋ ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄕㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǎi-ècóngshàn
    • Wade–Giles: kai³-o⁴-tsʻung²-shan⁴
    • Yale: gǎi-è-tsúng-shàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaeehtsorngshann
    • Palladius: гайэцуншань (gajɛcunšanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀɤ⁵¹ t͡sʰʊŋ³⁵ ʂän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: goi² ok³ cung⁴ sin⁶
    • Yale: gói ok chùhng sihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: goi² ok⁸ tsung⁴ sin⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: goi² og³ cung⁴ xin⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːi̯³⁵ ɔːk̚³ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹ siːn²²/

Idiom

改惡從善

1. to stop doing evil and be a good person; to turn over a new leaf

Synonyms

• 悔過自新／悔过自新 (huǐguòzìxīn)
• 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)
• 痛改前非 (tònggǎiqiánfēi)
• 重新做人 (chóngxīnzuòrén)
• 革面洗心 (gémiànxǐxīn)