改邪归正改邪歸正

gǎi xié guī zhèng

HSK level: HSK 7–9

Meaning

to mend one's ways (idiom); to turn over a new leaf

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Characters

改gǎito alter, to change, to improve, to remodel己攵邪xiéwrong, evil, demonic; perverse, depraved, heterodox牙阝归guīto return, to go back; to return to, to revert彐正zhèngstraight, right, proper, correct, just, true一止

Examples

改邪归正。

gǎi xié guī zhèng。

Straighten up.