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改过
改過
gǎiguò
verb
#14,207
Meanings
1
to correct one's errors; to mend one's ways
Characters
改
gǎi
to change; to correct
过
guò
fault; mistake; to pass
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他
决心
改过自新
。
Tā juéxīn gǎiguò zìxīn.
He resolved to turn over a new leaf.
知
错
能
改过
,
善
莫大
焉
。
Zhī cuò néng gǎiguò, shàn mò dà yān.
To know one's mistakes and correct them — there is no greater virtue.
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改过
often appears in the four-character idiom
改过自新
(gǎiguò zìxīn) — to reform and start afresh. It implies genuine repentance, not just fixing a minor mistake.
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改
gǎi
过
guò
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改过自新
gǎiguòzìxīn
#10,183
to reform and start afresh / to turn over a new leaf / to mend one's ways
改
gǎi
HSK 2
#1,422
to change / to correct
改造
gǎizào
HSK 3
#5,219
to transform; to renovate / to reform; to remold
改正
gǎizhèng
HSK 4
#10,720
to correct / to amend / to put right
改进
gǎijìn
HSK 3
#5,893
to improve; to make better / improvement
改善
gǎishàn
HSK 4
#6,054
to improve / to make better
改变
gǎibiàn
HSK 2
#451
to change / to transform
改天
gǎitiān
#7,202
another day; some other time
改革
gǎigé
HSK 5
#8,692
reform; to reform / to change (a system or practice)
过世
guòshì
#4,851
to pass away / to die (euphemism)
改过
gǎiguò
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