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

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

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)

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