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Our mission is to provide free tools for learning Chinese. This series explores idioms and proverbs, meaningful phrases worth knowing. Today’s idiom: 「諱惡不悛」.

For this session, we will be discussing the idiom 「諱惡不悛」. See below for its meaning and practical usage.

悛: to mend one’s ways, to repent. Insist on doing evil and refuse to repent.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

huì è bù quān

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

wai5 ok3 bat1 syun1

Chinese idioms are limitless in number and diversity, presenting endless learning opportunities. These tools are here to help you embrace the beauty of the language.