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棄惡從善

简弃恶从善 · 繁棄惡從善

Mandarin · pinyin qì è cóng shàn

to renounce evil and turn to virtue (idiom)

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從: cóng · from, by, since, whence, through
善: shàn · good, virtuous, charitable, kind
弃: qì · reject, abandon, discard
恶: è · evil, wicked, bad, foul
从: cóng · from, by, since, whence, through

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4–4–2–4 · qi4 e4 cong2 shan4

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hei3 ok3 cung4 sin6

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