过而能改，善莫大焉

Traditional form:

過而能改，善莫大焉

Pinyin (reading):

guò'érnénggǎi,shànmòdàyān

Definitions:

• If one can change after making a mistake, there is nothing better (idiom)

Characters:

• 过 - pass; to go across, to pass through
• 而 - and, and then, and yet; but
• 能 - can, may; capable, full of energy
• 改 - to alter, to change, to improve, to remodel
• 善 - good, virtuous, charitable, kind
• 莫 - cannot; do not; is not; negative
• 大 - big, great, vast, high, deep
• 焉 - why? where? how?; strange; thereupon, then

Traditional characters:

• 過 - pass; to go across, to pass through
• 而 - and, and then, and yet; but
• 能 - can, may; capable, full of energy
• 改 - to alter, to change, to improve, to remodel
• 善 - good, virtuous, charitable, kind
• 莫 - cannot; do not; is not; negative
• 大 - big, great, vast, high, deep
• 焉 - why? where? how?; strange; thereupon, then