Turn evil into good(gǎi è wéi shàn)

Turn evil into good

Change evil into good, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is g ǎ I è w é ISH à n, which means to stop doing evil and start a new life. From the book of rites, the doctrine of the mean.

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: change from evil to good, change from evil to good, and change from evil to good

The origin of Idioms

In the book of rites, the doctrine of the mean says, "if you move in the Ming Dynasty, you will move; if you move, you will change" in the Han Dynasty Kong yingdashu said: "all evil people turn into good people, no more evil." It is also called "changing the bad into the good".

Idiom usage

It's going to be better. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Ying Shao's "general meaning of Customs" said that it made people feel claustrophobic and guilty, and changed evil into good. In Zheng Guanying's dangerous words in prosperous times, admonishing the common customs, it is said that "since the surnames of Wan changed from evil to good, they would never break the law and make trouble; all nations are in the same wind, and they know the meaning of learning from saints and honoring kings." People's daily, December 29, 1964: "on December 28, a group of war criminals who have indeed changed their ways from evil to good were granted special amnesty."

Chinese PinYin : gǎi è wéi shàn