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棄暗投明 (hei3 am3 tau4 ming4) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

棄暗投明 (hei3 am3 tau4 ming4, qì àn tóu míng) — to renounce the dark and seek the light; to give up one's wrong way of life and turn to a better one

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beyond HSK

Related words

• 棄權票 (hei3 kyun4 piu3) — blank vote; abstention vote
• 棄養 (hei3 joeng5) — to give up raising
• 棄 (hei3) — to abandon; to relinquish; to discard; to throw away
• 棄世 (hei3 sai3) — to leave this world; to die
• 棄之如敝屣 (hei3 zi1 jyu4 bai6 saai2) — to toss away like a pair of worn-out shoes (idiom)
• 棄保潛逃 (hei3 bou2 cim4 tou4) — to jump bail

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