lit. to wash one's heart and renew one's face (idiom); to repent sincerely and mend one's mistaken ways; to turn over a new leaf
Characters in this word
4洗
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to wash; to bathe, to develop (photographs), to shuffle (cards etc), to erase (a recording)
- Pinyin
- xǐ
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 1841 of 2500
心
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heart, mind, intention, center, core, CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4]
- Pinyin
- xīn
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 837 of 2500
革
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animal hide, leather, to reform, to remove, to expel (from office)
- Pinyin
- gé
- Strokes
- 9
面
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face, side, surface, aspect, top, classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc
- Pinyin
- miàn
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 2052 of 2500