to mend one's ways (idiom); to turn over a new leaf
trad. 改邪歸正
Also written 改邪歸正【gǎi xié guī zhèng】
Characters in this word
4改
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to change, to alter, to transform, to correct
- Pinyin
- gǎi
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 3162 of 2500
邪
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old variant of 邪[xie2]
- Pinyin
- xié
- Traditional
- 衺
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 9302 of 2500
归
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surname Gui
- Pinyin
- Guī
- Traditional
- 歸
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 3299 of 2500
正
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first month of the lunar year
- Pinyin
- zhēng
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 588 of 2500