改恶向善
gǎi è xiàng shàn
Pinyin

Definition

改恶向善
 - 
gǎi è xiàng shàn
  1. turn away from evil and follow virtue

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

向
Xiàng
  1. 1 surname Xiang
善良
shàn liáng
  1. 1 good and honest
  2. 2 kindhearted
改
gǎi
  1. 1 to change
  2. 2 to alter
  3. 3 to transform
  4. 4 to correct
改为
gǎi wéi
  1. 1 to change into
改变
gǎi biàn
  1. 1 to change
  2. 2 to alter
  3. 3 to transform
方向
fāng xiàng
  1. 1 direction
  2. 2 orientation
  3. 3 path to follow
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
一向
yī xiàng
  1. 1 always (previously)
  2. 2 a period of time in the recent past
修改
xiū gǎi
  1. 1 to amend
  2. 2 to alter
  3. 3 to modify
偏向
piān xiàng
  1. 1 partial towards sth
  2. 2 to prefer
  3. 3 to incline
  4. 4 erroneous tendencies (Leftist or Revisionist deviation)
倾向
qīng xiàng
  1. 1 trend
  2. 2 tendency
  3. 3 orientation
内向
nèi xiàng
  1. 1 reserved (personality)
  2. 2 introverted
  3. 3 (economics etc) domestic-oriented
友善
yǒu shàn
  1. 1 friendly
向上
xiàng shàng
  1. 1 upward
  2. 2 up
  3. 3 to advance
  4. 4 to try to improve oneself
  5. 5 to make progress
向下
xiàng xià
  1. 1 down
  2. 2 downward
向来
xiàng lái
  1. 1 always (previously)
向前
xiàng qián
  1. 1 forward
  2. 2 onward
向日葵
xiàng rì kuí
  1. 1 sunflower (Helianthus annuus)
善
shàn
  1. 1 good (virtuous)
  2. 2 benevolent
  3. 3 well-disposed
  4. 4 good at sth
  5. 5 to improve or perfect
善待
shàn dài
  1. 1 to treat well
善恶
shàn è
  1. 1 good and evil
  2. 2 good versus evil

Idioms (20)

一改故辙
yī gǎi gù zhé
  1. 1 complete change from the old rut (idiom); dramatic change of direction
  2. 2 a volte-face
  3. 3 to change old practices
乏善可陈
fá shàn kě chén
  1. 1 to be nothing to write home about (idiom)
来者不善，善者不来
lái zhě bù shàn , shàn zhě bù lái
  1. 1 He who comes is surely ill-intentioned, no-one well-meaning will come (idiom).
  2. 2 Be careful not to trust foreigners.
  3. 3 Beware of Greeks bearing gifts!
劝善惩恶
quàn shàn chéng è
  1. 1 to encourage virtue and punish evil (idiom); fig. poetic justice
  2. 2 you get what's coming to you
向壁虚构
xiàng bì xū gòu
  1. 1 facing a wall, an imaginary construction (idiom); baseless fabrication
向壁虚造
xiàng bì xū zào
  1. 1 facing a wall, an imaginary construction (idiom); baseless fabrication
向隅
xiàng yú
  1. 1 lit. to face the corner (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to miss out on sth
善始善终
shàn shǐ shàn zhōng
  1. 1 where there's a start, there's a finish (idiom); to finish once one starts sth
  2. 2 to carry things through
  3. 3 I started, so I'll finish.
善有善报
shàn yǒu shàn bào
  1. 1 virtue has its rewards (idiom); one good turn deserves another
善自为谋
shàn zì wéi móu
  1. 1 to be good at working for one's own profit (idiom)
善自珍摄
shàn zì zhēn shè
  1. 1 take good care of yourself! (idiom)
善解人意
shàn jiě rén yì
  1. 1 to be good at understanding others (idiom)
善财难舍
shàn cái nán shě
  1. 1 to cherish wealth and find it hard to give up (idiom); refusing to contribute to charity
  2. 2 skinflint
  3. 3 miserly
多愁善感
duō chóu shàn gǎn
  1. 1 melancholy and moody (idiom); depressed personality
多钱善贾
duō qián shàn gǔ
  1. 1 much capital, good business (idiom); fig. good trading conditions
女生外向
nu:3 shēng wài xiàng
  1. 1 a woman is born to leave her family (idiom)
  2. 2 a woman's heart is with her husband
好好学习，天天向上
hǎo hǎo xué xí , tiān tiān xiàng shàng
  1. 1 study hard and every day you will improve (idiom)
工欲善其事，必先利其器
gōng yù shàn qí shì , bì xiān lì qí qì
  1. 1 To do a good job, an artisan needs the best tools (idiom). Good tools are prerequisite to the successful execution of a job
幡然改图
fān rán gǎi tú
  1. 1 to change one's plan all of a sudden (idiom)
彰善瘅恶
zhāng shàn dàn è
  1. 1 to distinguish good and evil (idiom); to uphold virtue and condemn evil
  2. 2 to praise good and expose vice

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