# 改邪归正 (gǎixiéguīzhèng)

In Mandarin Chinese, 改邪归正 (gǎixiéguīzhèng) means “to turn over a new leaf”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to turn over a new leaf
- Pinyin: gǎixiéguīzhèng (gai3 xie2 gui1 zheng4)
- Traditional: 改邪歸正
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 他决定改邪归正，好好做人。
  Tā juédìng gǎixiéguīzhèng, hǎohāo zuòrén.
  He decided to turn over a new leaf and live well.

## Characters

- [改](https://hanziro.com/word/gai-change/) (gǎi): to change; to correct
- [邪](https://hanziro.com/word/xie-evil/) (xié): evil; demonic
- [归](https://hanziro.com/word/gui-belong/) (guī): to belong to; to return to
- [正](https://hanziro.com/word/zheng-straight/) (zhèng): straight; upright

https://hanziro.com/word/gai-xie-gui-zheng-turn-over-new/

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