改邪歸正 - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
to change; to alter; to transform to change; to alter; to transform; to correct |
daemonical; iniquitous; nefarious | to return to the right way | ||
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| trad. (改邪歸正) | 改 | 邪 | 歸正 | |
| simp. (改邪归正) | 改 | 邪 | 归正 | |
| Literally: “to give up (one's) evil and return to good”. | ||||
- Mandarin
- (Pinyin): gǎixiéguīzhèng
- (Zhuyin): ㄍㄞˇ ㄒㄧㄝˊ ㄍㄨㄟ ㄓㄥˋ
- Cantonese (Jyutping): goi2 ce4 gwai1 zing3
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: gǎixiéguīzhèng
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄞˇ ㄒㄧㄝˊ ㄍㄨㄟ ㄓㄥˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: gǎisiégueijhèng
- Wade–Giles: kai3-hsieh2-kuei1-chêng4
- Yale: gǎi-syé-gwēi-jèng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaeshyegueijenq
- Palladius: гайсегуйчжэн (gajsegujčžɛn)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: goi2 ce4 gwai1 zing3
- Yale: gói chèh gwāi jing
- Cantonese Pinyin: goi2 tse4 gwai1 dzing3
- Guangdong Romanization: goi2 cé4 guei1 jing3
- Sinological IPA (key): /kɔːi̯³⁵ t͡sʰɛː²¹ kʷɐi̯⁵⁵ t͡sɪŋ³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
改邪歸正
- to reform; to rehabilitate; to turn over a new leaf; to stop committing evil acts and stay on the straight and narrow