| 洗心革面 |
xǐ xīn gé miàn |
lit. to wash one's heart and renew one's face (idiom); to repent sincerely and mend one's mistaken ways / to turn over a new leaf |
| 洗 |
xǐ |
to wash; to bathe / to develop (photographs) / to shuffle (cards etc) / to erase (a recording) |
| 心 |
xīn |
heart / mind / intention / center / core / CL:颗,个 |
| 革 |
gé |
animal hide / leather / to reform / to remove / to expel (from office) |
| 面 |
miàn |
face / side / surface / aspect / top / classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc |
| 面 |
miàn |
variant of 面 |
| 面 |
miàn |
flour / noodles / (of food) soft (not crunchy) / (slang) (of a person) ineffectual / spineless |