洗心革面
Traditional form:
洗心革面
Pinyin (reading):
xǐxīngémiàn
Definitions:
- lit. to wash one's heart and renew one's face (idiom); to repent sincerely and mend one's mistaken ways
- to turn over a new leaf
Characters:
- 洗 - to bathe, to rinse, to wash
- 心 - heart; mind; soul
- 革 - leather, animal hide; to reform; to remove
- 面 - face; surface, side; plane, dimension
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