棄暗投明

See also: 弃暗投明

Chinese

		abandon; relinquish; to discard abandon; relinquish; to discard; to throw away	dark; gloomy; hidden dark; gloomy; hidden; secret	to throw; to send	clear; bright; to understand clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty
trad. (棄暗投明)		棄	暗	投	明
simp. (弃暗投明)		弃	暗	投	明

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qì'àntóumíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˋ ㄢˋ ㄊㄡˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei³ am³ tau⁴ ming⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qì'àntóumíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˋ ㄢˋ ㄊㄡˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cì-àntóumíng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi⁴-an⁴-tʻou²-ming²
    • Yale: chì-àn-tóu-míng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chihanntourming
    • Palladius: цианьтоумин (cianʹtoumin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ˀän⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ miŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hei³ am³ tau⁴ ming⁴
    • Yale: hei am tàuh mìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei³ am³ tau⁴ ming⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi³ em³ teo⁴ ming⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³³ ɐm³³ tʰɐu̯²¹ mɪŋ²¹/

Idiom

棄暗投明

1. to forsake darkness and come to the light; to forsake darkness for light; 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)
• 棄舊圖新／弃旧图新 (qìjiùtúxīn)
• 洗心革面 (xǐxīngémiàn)
• 痛改前非 (tònggǎiqiánfēi)
• 重新做人 (chóngxīnzuòrén)
• 革面洗心 (gémiànxǐxīn)