洗心革面 — Chinese idiom
洗心革面
xǐ xīn gé miàn
Meaning
- lit. to wash one's heart and renew one's face ; to repent sincerely and mend one's mistaken ways
- to turn over a new leaf
Character by character
- 洗xǐto bathe, to rinse, to wash
- 心xīnheart; mind; soul
- 革géleather, animal hide; to reform; to remove
- 面miànface; surface, side; plane, dimension
Idioms sharing a character
- 一贫如洗 yī pín rú xǐ
- 以泪洗面 yǐ lèi xǐ miàn
- 囊空如洗 náng kōng rú xǐ
- 家贫如洗 jiā pín rú xǐ
- 赤贫如洗 chì pín rú xǐ
- 金盆洗手 jīn pén xǐ shǒu
- 一心一德 yī xīn yī dé
- 一心二用 yī xīn èr yòng
- 一门心思 yī mén xīn si
- 三心二意 sān xīn èr yì
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