改邪歸正

See also: 改邪归正

Chinese

		to change; to alter; to transform to change; to alter; to transform; to correct	daemonical; iniquitous; nefarious	to return to the right way
trad. (改邪歸正)		改	邪	歸正
simp. (改邪归正)		改	邪	归正
Literally: “to give up (one's) evil and return to good”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǎixiéguīzhèng

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄞˇ ㄒㄧㄝˊ ㄍㄨㄟ ㄓㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): goi² ce⁴ gwai¹ zing³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǎixiéguīzhèng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄞˇ ㄒㄧㄝˊ ㄍㄨㄟ ㄓㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǎisiégueijhèng
    • Wade–Giles: kai³-hsieh²-kuei¹-chêng⁴
    • Yale: gǎi-syé-gwēi-jèng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaeshyegueijenq
    • Palladius: гайсегуйчжэн (gajsegujčžɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: goi² ce⁴ gwai¹ zing³
    • Yale: gói chèh gwāi jing
    • Cantonese Pinyin: goi² tse⁴ gwai¹ dzing³
    • Guangdong Romanization: goi² cé⁴ guei¹ jing³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːi̯³⁵ t͡sʰɛː²¹ kʷɐi̯⁵⁵ t͡sɪŋ³³/

Idiom

改邪歸正

1. to reform; to rehabilitate; to turn over a new leaf; to stop committing evil acts and stay on the straight and narrow

Synonyms

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• 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)
• 改頭換面 / 改头换面 (gǎitóuhuànmiàn)
• 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)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (改邪歸正):

• → Vietnamese: cải tà quy chính (改邪歸正)