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The idiom 「改過從善」 and its usage are explored below. Learn its meaning and applications here.

Correct your mistakes and resolve to do good. It means to get rid of evil and do good. Same as “correct one’s mistakes and do good deeds”.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

gǎi guò cóng shàn

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

goi2 gwo3 chung4 sin6

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