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

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• 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

1. 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)