- 己(self; body)ASSOCIATIVE
- 攵(handle stick, action)RADICAL
Taking a stick in your own hand to beat yourself corrects your mistakes.
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改过自新
改过自新
to reform and start afresh (idiom); to turn over a new leaf
1 meaning#20337
MEANING
MEANING
- 壹动verb
to reform and start afresh (idiom); to turn over a new leaf
- 。
He has reformed and turned over a new leaf.
COLLOCATIONS3 collocations
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 自(nose (pictographic) → self; body)ASSOCIATIVE
Ancient people pointed to their nose when saying "I," so the character for nose also means self.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 亲(tree; timber; intimate companion)ASSOCIATIVE
- 斤(axe; hatchet)RADICAL
Using an axe to chop a freshly picked tree creates something completely new.
改过自新
Traditional改過自新
to reform and start afresh (idiom); to turn over a new leaf
1 meaning#20337
MEANING
MEANING
- 壹动verb
to reform and start afresh (idiom); to turn over a new leaf
- 。
He has reformed and turned over a new leaf.
COLLOCATIONS3 collocations
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 己(self; body)ASSOCIATIVE
- 攵(handle stick, action)RADICAL
Taking a stick in your own hand to beat yourself corrects your mistakes.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 自(nose (pictographic) → self; body)ASSOCIATIVE
Ancient people pointed to their nose when saying "I," so the character for nose also means self.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 亲(tree; timber; intimate companion)ASSOCIATIVE
- 斤(axe; hatchet)RADICAL
Using an axe to chop a freshly picked tree creates something completely new.
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