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改邪歸正

简改邪归正 · 繁改邪歸正

Mandarin · pinyin gǎi xié guī zhèng

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3–2–1–4 · gai3 xie2 gui1 zheng4

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goi2 ce4 gwai1 zeng3

Cantonese word readings for 改邪歸正. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

goi2 ce4 gwai1 zing3

Pleco · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Word reading; meanings not aligned.

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(idiomatic) to reform; to rehabilitate; to turn over a new leaf; to stop committing evil acts and stay on the straight and narrow