- to renounce the dark and seek the light
- to give up one's wrong way of life and turn to a better one
Characters
- 弃 (棄): to abandon; to relinquish; to discard; to throw away
- 暗 (晻): variant of 暗[an4]
- 投 (投): to cast; to send; to throw oneself (into the river etc); to seek refuge; to place oneself into the hands of
- 明 (明): Ming Dynasty (1368-1644); surname Ming; Ming (c. 2000 BC), fourth of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God
Resources
- Wiktionary: 弃暗投明
- MDBG: 弃暗投明
- Examples with 弃暗投明 on Tatoeba
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