痛改前非
Traditional form:
痛改前非
Pinyin (reading):
tònggǎiqiánfēi
Definitions:
- completely correcting one's former misdeeds (idiom); to repent past mistakes and turn over a new leaf
- a reformed character
Characters:
- 痛 - ache, pain; bitterness, sorrow; deeply, thoroughly
- 改 - to alter, to change, to improve, to remodel
- 前 - in front, forward; former, preceding
- 非 - not, negative, non-; to oppose
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