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感化

Mandarin · pinyin gǎn huà

corrective influence
to reform (a criminal)
redemption (of a sinner)
to influence (a malefactor to a better life)
to guide sb back to the right path by repeated word and example

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感: gǎn · feel, perceive, emotion
化: huà · change, convert, reform; -ize

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3–4 · gan3 hua4

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gam2 faa3

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verb

to use words or deeds to cause someone to reform their errant ways

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