- completely correcting one's former misdeeds (idiom); to repent past mistakes and turn over a new leaf
- a reformed character
Characters
- 痛 (痛): ache; pain; sorrow; deeply; thoroughly
- 改 (改): to change; to alter; to transform; to correct
- 前 (前): front; forward; ahead; first; top (followed by a number); future; ago; before; BC (e.g. 前293年); former; formerly
- 非 (非): abbr. for 非洲[Fei1 zhou1], Africa
Resources
- Wiktionary: 痛改前非
- MDBG: 痛改前非
- Examples with 痛改前非 on Tatoeba
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