浪子回头金不换
Traditional form:
浪子回頭金不換
Pinyin (reading):
làngzǐhuítóujīnbùhuàn
Definitions:
- a prodigal son returned home is worth more than gold
Characters:
- 浪 - breaker, wave; reckless, wasteful
- 子 - son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing
- 回 - to return, to turn around; a time
- 头 - head; chief, boss; first, top
- 金 - gold, metal; money
- 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
- 换 - to change; to exchange, to swap, to trade
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