痛改前非
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Chinese
[edit]ache; pain; sorrow | to change; to alter; to transform to change; to alter; to transform; to correct |
front, forepart; in front; past front, forepart; in front; past; former; previous; last; before; preceding; earlier; ago; future; time ahead; first; top; battlefront; to move forward |
(be) not; wrong; blame (be) not; wrong; blame; Africa | ||
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trad. (痛改前非) | 痛 | 改 | 前 | 非 | |
simp. #(痛改前非) | 痛 | 改 | 前 | 非 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˋ ㄍㄞˇ ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄈㄟ
- Tongyong Pinyin: tònggǎiciánfei
- Wade–Giles: tʻung4-kai3-chʻien2-fei1
- Yale: tùng-gǎi-chyán-fēi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tonqgaechyanfei
- Palladius: тунгайцяньфэй (tungajcjanʹfɛj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰʊŋ⁵¹ kaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ feɪ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: tung3 goi2 cin4 fei1
- Yale: tung gói chìhn fēi
- Cantonese Pinyin: tung3 goi2 tsin4 fei1
- Guangdong Romanization: tung3 goi2 qin4 féi1
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰʊŋ³³ kɔːi̯³⁵ t͡sʰiːn²¹ fei̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
[edit]痛改前非
- to sincerely mend one's ways; to thoroughly rectify one's errors; to turn over a new leaf