Definition & Meaning

sincerely mend one's ways; thoroughly rectify one's errors; make a clean break with one's past errors; repent thoroughly of one's misdeeds

Word usage

tòng gǎi qián fēi

痛 改 前 非

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sincerely mend one's ways; thoroughly rectify one's errors; make a clean break with one's past errors; repent thoroughly of one's misdeeds
- tòng gǎi qián fēi chóng xīn zuò rén
  痛改前非，重新做人
  sincerely mend one's ways and turn over a new leaf
- tā pī píng wǒ zhī hòu wǒ tòng gǎi qián fēi
  他批评我之后，我痛改前非。
  After he criticized me, I took pains to amend.
synonym
gǎi xié guī zhèng改邪归正 gǎi guò zì xīn改过自新 xǐ xīn gé miàn洗心革面 qì àn tóu míng弃暗投明 huǐ guò zì xīn悔过自新
antonym
sǐ bù gǎi huǐ死不改悔 hù è bù quān怙恶不悛

Word usage

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"痛改前非" is used for exhortation or self-excitation occasions.

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