改过自新 (gǎi guò zì xīn) | Meaning: to reform and start afresh (idiom); to turn over a new leaf | Chinese Idiom with Pinyin, Origin & Example Sentences

to mend one's ways (idiom) · to turn over a new leaf改邪归正gǎi xié guī zhèng

to correct one's errors; to mend one's ways改过gǎi guò

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洗心革面xǐ xīn gé miàn

completely correcting one's former misdeeds (idiom); to repent past mistakes and turn over a new leaf · a reformed character痛改前非tòng gǎi qián fēi

examine one's own conscience in the stillness (or silence) of the night清夜扪心qīng yè mén xīn

to renounce the dark and seek the light · to give up one's wrong way of life and turn to a better one弃暗投明qì àn tóu míng

to reform and start afresh (idiom); to turn over a new leaf