弃暗投明

Traditional form:

棄暗投明

Pinyin (reading):

qì'àntóumíng

Definitions:

• to renounce the dark and seek the light
• to give up one's wrong way of life and turn to a better one

Characters:

• 弃 - to abandon, to discard, to reject; to desert; to forget
• 暗 - dark, gloomy; obscure; secret, covert
• 投 - to pitch, to throw; to bid, to invest
• 明 - bright, clear; to explain, to understand, to shed light

Traditional characters:

• 棄 - to abandon, to discard, to reject; to desert; to forget
• 暗 - dark, gloomy; obscure; secret, covert
• 投 - to pitch, to throw; to bid, to invest
• 明 - bright, clear; to explain, to understand, to shed light