改过自新 — Chinese idiom
改过自新
gǎi guò zì xīn
Traditional: 改過自新
Meaning
- to reform and start afresh ; to turn over a new leaf
Character by character
- 改gǎito alter, to change, to improve, to remodel
- 过guòpass; to go across, to pass through
- 自zìself; private, personal; from
- 新xīnnew, recent, fresh, modern
Idioms sharing a character
- 一改故辙 yī gǎi gù zhé
- 幡然改图 fān rán gǎi tú
- 改弦易辙 gǎi xián yì zhé
- 改邪归正 gǎi xié guī zhèng
- 改头换面 gǎi tóu huàn miàn
- 朝令夕改 zhāo lìng xī gǎi
- 朝闻夕改 zhāo wén xī gǎi
- 朝过夕改 zhāo guò xī gǎi
- 死不改悔 sǐ bù gǎi huǐ
- 痛改前非 tòng gǎi qián fēi
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