悔过自新 — Chinese idiom
悔过自新
huǐ guò zì xīn
Traditional: 悔過自新
Meaning
- to repent and start afresh ; to turn over a new leaf
Character by character
- 悔huǐto regret, to repent, to show remorse
- 过guòpass; to go across, to pass through
- 自zìself; private, personal; from
- 新xīnnew, recent, fresh, modern
Idioms sharing a character
- 后悔莫及 hòu huǐ mò jí
- 悔不当初 huǐ bù dāng chū
- 悔之无及 huǐ zhī wú jí
- 悔恨交加 huǐ hèn jiāo jiā
- 愧悔无地 kuì huǐ wú dì
- 死不改悔 sǐ bù gǎi huǐ
- 追悔莫及 zhuī huǐ mò jí
- 一笔带过 yī bǐ dài guò
- 不过如此 bù guò rú cǐ
- 不过尔尔 bù guò ěr ěr
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