放下屠刀

Chinese

		to lay down; to put down; to lower	butcher's knife
simp. and trad. (放下屠刀)		放下	屠刀

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fàngxiàtúdāo

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄊㄨˊ ㄉㄠ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fong³ haa⁶ tou⁴ dou¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fàngxiàtúdāo
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄊㄨˊ ㄉㄠ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fàngsiàtúdao
  - Wade–Giles: fang⁴-hsia⁴-tʻu²-tao¹
  - Yale: fàng-syà-tú-dāu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fanqshiahtwudau
  - Palladius: фансятудао (fansjatudao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ä⁵¹ tʰu³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fong³ haa⁶ tou⁴ dou¹
  - Yale: fong hah tòuh dōu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fong³ haa⁶ tou⁴ dou¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: fong³ ha⁶ tou⁴ dou¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ³³ haː²² tʰou̯²¹ tou̯⁵⁵/

Idiom

放下屠刀

to repent and mend one's ways; 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)
棄暗投明／弃暗投明 (qì'àntóumíng)
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)

Derived terms

放下屠刀，立地成佛 (fàngxiàtúdāo, lìdìchéngfó)

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