change one 's name
It's a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is g ǎ im í ngy ì x ì ng, which means to change the original name. To conceal one's original identity. The same as "changing one's name". It comes from Yu jideng's allusions in the Ming Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
Yu jideng of the Ming Dynasty, Volume 13 of the chronicles of allusions, said: "later on, they often set up private nunneries and charged those who had no place to live. Some escaped prisoners changed their names and changed their surnames. They cut their hair and crowns, and they had no idea."
Idiom usage
To change a person's name
Analysis of Idioms
Synonyms: change one's name, change one's name, change one's name
Chinese PinYin : gǎi míng yì xìng
change one 's name
there are able men everywhere. shí bù fāng cǎo
The river does not make the river. jiāng shuǐ bù fàn hé shuǐ