改弦易辙 — Chinese idiom
改弦易辙
gǎi xián yì zhé
Traditional: 改弦易轍
Meaning
- change of string, move out of rut ; dramatic change of direction
- to dance to a different tune
Character by character
- 改gǎito alter, to change, to improve, to remodel
- 弦xiánbow string; string instrument; hypotenuse
- 易yìto change; to exchange, to trade; simple, easy
- 辙zhétrack, rut; stuck in a rut
Idioms sharing a character
- 一改故辙 yī gǎi gù zhé
- 幡然改图 fān rán gǎi tú
- 改过自新 gǎi guò zì xīn
- 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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