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The Chinese idiom 「革面悛心」 we’re introducing today is explained in detail below, along with its meaning and usage.
A metaphor for completely changing one’s ways and starting a new life. Same as “turn over a new leaf”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
gé miàn quān xīn
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
gaak3 min6/min2 syun1 sam1
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