弃恶从善 — Chinese idiom
弃恶从善
qì è cóng shàn
Traditional: 棄惡從善
Meaning
- to renounce evil and turn to virtue
Character by character
- 弃qìto abandon, to discard, to reject; to desert; to f
- 恶èbad, evil, wicked; to hate, to loathe; foul, nause
- 从cóngfrom, by, since, whence, through
- 善shàngood, virtuous, charitable, kind
Idioms sharing a character
- 不离不弃 bù lí bù qì
- 丢盔弃甲 diū kuī qì jiǎ
- 偶语弃市 ǒu yǔ qì shì
- 前功尽弃 qián gōng jìn qì
- 弃约背盟 qì yuē bèi méng
- 弃农经商 qì nóng jīng shāng
- 背信弃义 bèi xìn qì yì
- 元恶大憝 yuán è dà duì
- 凶神恶煞 xiōng shén è shà
- 劝善惩恶 quàn shàn chéng è
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