to correct in the evening a fault of the morning (idiom); to quickly amend one's ways
trad. 朝過夕改
Also written 朝過夕改【zhāo guò xī gǎi】
Characters in this word
4朝
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abbr. for 朝鮮|朝鲜[Chao2 xian3] Korea
- Pinyin
- Cháo
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 2332 of 2500
过
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surname Guo
- Pinyin
- Guō
- Traditional
- 過
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 73 of 2500
夕
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(bound form) sunset; dusk, (bound form) evening; night, Taiwan pr. [xi4]
- Pinyin
- xī
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 42359 of 2500
改
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to change, to alter, to transform, to correct
- Pinyin
- gǎi
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 3162 of 2500