| 釋義 |
改邪歸正gǎi xié guī zhènggive up an evil way of life and reform oneself; give up evil ways and return to the right path; give up vice and return to virtue; leave the wrong and follow the right; return to orthodoxy; set oneself straight; turn over a new leaf
? 龍王道： “這等真是可賀！ 可賀！ 這才叫做～，懲創(chuàng)善心，……” (《西游記》194) “That is indeed praise worthy!” said the Dragon King. “You have,as we say,left the wrong and followed the right; you have been created anew by setting your mind on goodness.…”/趙大爺說了，我要真心～，得先來對程大哥賠“不是”，我打過他。(《老舍劇作選·龍須溝》39) Mr Zhao says,if I really want to make a fresh start I must first come and apologize to Brother Cheng for hitting him.
? 我道： “想是他～了？”(吳趼人《二十年目睹之怪現(xiàn)狀》170)“It’s a good thing that he tried to reform，” I said.
? 行者道：“你丈人不曾去請我。因是老孫～，棄道從僧，……”(《西游記》258)“Your father-in-law did not go to fetch me，” said Pilgrim.“It’s old Monkey who turned from wrong to right,who left the Taoist to follow the Buddhist. …”/只要你們～，重新做人，八路軍就會寬大你們。(馮志《敵后武工隊》 111) If you just turn over a new leaf and become new men,the Eighth Route Army will grant you leniency. 改邪歸正mend one’s ways; turn over a new leaf;give up evil and return to good 改邪歸正ɡǎi xié ɡuī zhènɡ離開邪路，回到正路上來。比喻不再做壞事。a change of heart, give up evil and return to good, turn over a new leaf, see oneself straight, on the straight |