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

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

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)

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