洗心革面
洗心革面
xǐ xīn gé miàn
lit. to wash one's heart and renew one's face (idiom); to repent sincerely and mend one's mistaken ways; to turn over a new leaf
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- (idiom, verb) lit. to wash one's heart and renew one's face (idiom); to repent sincerely and mend one's mistaken ways
- to turn over a new leaf
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革面洗心(gé miàn xǐ xīn)· lit. to renew one's face and wash one's heart (idiom); to repent sincerely and mend one's mistaken ways
→大事化小，小事化了(dà shì huà xiǎo , xiǎo shì huà liǎo)· to turn big problems into small ones, and small problems into no problems at all (idiom)
→以小挤大(yǐ xiǎo jǐ dà)· minor projects eclipse major ones (idiom)
→同途殊归(tóng tú shū guī)· same road out, different ones back
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