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棄邪歸正

简弃邪归正 · 繁棄邪歸正

Mandarin · pinyin qì xié guī zhèng

to give up evil and return to virtue

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邪: xié · wrong, evil, depraved, vicious, perverse, heterodox
歸: Look up this written character
正: zhèng · right, proper, correct
弃: qì · reject, abandon, discard
归: guī · return; return to, revert to

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4–2–1–4 · qi4 xie2 gui1 zheng4

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hei3 ce4 gwai1 zing3

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