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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 改邪归正

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
改邪归正 gǎi xié guī zhèng - to mend one's ways (idiom)
- to turn over a new leaf

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 8 18,360 57,474 46,179

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
gǎi- to change
- to alter
- to transform
- to correct
xié- demonic
- iniquitous
- nefarious
- evil
- unhealthy influences that cause disease (Chinese medicine)
- (coll.) strange
- abnormal
xié- old variant of 邪[xie2]
guī- surname Gui
guī- to return
- to go back to
- to give back to
- (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by
- to belong to
- to gather together
- (used between two identical verbs) despite
- to marry (of a woman) (old)
- division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor
zhēng- first month of the lunar year
zhèng- straight
- upright
- proper
- main
- principal
- to correct
- to rectify
- exactly
- just (at that time)
- right (in that place)
- (math.) positive

Other Words Containing 改邪归正

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
改邪归正 - 8 18,360 57,474 46,179