革面洗心

Chinese

		leather; remove	face; side; surface face; side; surface; aspect; top	to wash; to bathe	heart; mind
simp. and trad. (革面洗心)		革	面	洗	心

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gémiànxǐxīn

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄜˊ ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄒㄧˇ ㄒㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaak³ min⁶ sai² sam¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gémiànxǐxīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄜˊ ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄒㄧˇ ㄒㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gémiànsǐsin
  - Wade–Giles: ko²-mien⁴-hsi³-hsin¹
  - Yale: gé-myàn-syǐ-syīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: germiannshiishin
  - Palladius: гэмяньсисинь (gɛmjanʹsisinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤ³⁵ mi̯ɛn⁵¹ ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕin⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gaak³ min⁶ sai² sam¹
  - Yale: gaak mihn sái sām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaak⁸ min⁶ sai² sam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gag³ min⁶ sei² sem¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːk̚³ miːn²² sɐi̯³⁵ sɐm⁵⁵/

Idiom

革面洗心

to reform oneself; 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)
痛改前非 (tònggǎiqiánfēi)
重新做人 (chóngxīnzuòrén)

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