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Definition(s) for: 痛改前非

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
痛改前非 tòng gǎi qián fēi - completely correcting one's former misdeeds (idiom); to repent past mistakes and turn over a new leaf
- a reformed character

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
- - 41,201 64,263 57,298

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
tòng- ache
- pain
- sorrow
- deeply
- thoroughly
gǎi- to change
- to alter
- to transform
- to correct
qián- front
- forward
- ahead
- first
- top (followed by a number)
- future
- ago
- before
- BC (e.g. 前293年)
- former
- formerly
fēi- abbr. for 非洲[Fei1 zhou1], Africa
fēi- to not be; not
- wrong; incorrect
- non-; un-; in-; de-
- to reproach; to blame
- (coll.) to insist on; simply must

Other Words Containing 痛改前非

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
痛改前非 - - 41,201 64,263 57,298