革面洗心

Chinese

		leather; remove	face; side; surface face; side; surface; aspect; top	to wash; to bathe	heart; mind
simp. and trad. (革面洗心)		革	面	洗	心

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gémiànxǐxīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄜˊ ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄒㄧˇ ㄒㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaak³ min⁶ sai² sam¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gémiànxǐxīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄜˊ ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄒㄧˇ ㄒㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gémiànsǐsin
    • Wade–Giles: ko²-mien⁴-hsi³-hsin¹
    • Yale: gé-myàn-syǐ-syīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: germiannshiishin
    • Palladius: гэмяньсисинь (gɛmjanʹsisinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤ³⁵ mi̯ɛn⁵¹ ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaak³ min⁶ sai² sam¹
    • Yale: gaak mihn sái sām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaak⁸ min⁶ sai² sam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gag³ min⁶ sei² sem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːk̚³ miːn²² sɐi̯³⁵ sɐm⁵⁵/

Idiom

革面洗心

1. to reform oneself; to turn over a new leaf

Synonyms

• 悔過自新／悔过自新 (huǐguòzìxīn)
• 改惡從善／改恶从善 (gǎi'ècóngshàn)
• 改正錯誤／改正错误 (gǎizhèng cuòwù)
• 改行自新
• 改過自新／改过自新 (gǎiguòzìxīn)
• 改邪歸正／改邪归正 (gǎixiéguīzhèng)
• 放下屠刀 (fàngxiàtúdāo)
• 棄暗投明／弃暗投明 (qì'àntóumíng)
• 棄舊圖新／弃旧图新 (qìjiùtúxīn)
• 洗心革面 (xǐxīngémiàn)
• 痛改前非 (tònggǎiqiánfēi)
• 重新做人 (chóngxīnzuòrén)