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洗心革面 (sai2 sam1 gaak3 min6) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

洗心革面 (sai2 sam1 gaak3 min6, 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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Usage

Level

beyond HSK

Related words

• 洗地 (sai2 dei6) — clean the floor; to clean up someone's sins committed (spoken)
• 洗塵 (sai2 can4) — welcome dinner for a friend or relative from overseas (spoken)
• 洗大餅 (sai2 daai6 beng2) — dish washing as a job (slang)
• 洗太平地 (sai2 taai3 ping4 dei6) — Operations Tai Ping Tei, mass cleanup
• 洗底 (sai2 dai2) — gangster giving up his membership or background; turn a new leaf
• 洗手 (sai2 sau2) — (verb) (of gangster term) to retire

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