洗心革面

Chinese

		to wash; to bathe	heart; mind	leather; remove	face; side; surface face; side; surface; aspect; top
simp. and trad. (洗心革面)		洗	心	革	面

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xǐxīngémiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˇ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄍㄜˊ ㄇㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai² sam¹ gaak³ min⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xǐxīngémiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˇ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄍㄜˊ ㄇㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǐsingémiàn
    • Wade–Giles: hsi³-hsin¹-ko²-mien⁴
    • Yale: syǐ-syīn-gé-myàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiishingermiann
    • Palladius: сисиньгэмянь (sisinʹgɛmjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕin⁵⁵ kɤ³⁵ mi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai² sam¹ gaak³ min⁶
    • Yale: sái sām gaak mihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai² sam¹ gaak⁸ min⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei² sem¹ gag³ min⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯³⁵ sɐm⁵⁵ kaːk̚³ miːn²²/

Idiom

洗心革面

1. (figurative) to reform oneself; to turn over a new leaf

Synonyms

• 悔過自新／悔过自新 (huǐguòzìxīn)
• 改惡從善／改恶从善 (gǎi'ècóngshàn)
• 改正錯誤／改正错误 (gǎizhèng cuòwù)
• 改行自新
• 改過自新／改过自新 (gǎiguòzìxīn)
• 改邪歸正／改邪归正 (gǎixiéguīzhèng)
• 放下屠刀 (fàngxiàtúdāo)
• 棄暗投明／弃暗投明 (qì'àntóumíng)
• 棄舊圖新／弃旧图新 (qìjiùtúxīn)
• 痛改前非 (tònggǎiqiánfēi)
• 重新做人 (chóngxīnzuòrén)
• 革面洗心 (gémiànxǐxīn)