quy chính
Definition
- Verb (archaic/literary):
- To return to the right path: To abandon wrong or evil ways and revert to a correct, righteous, or proper course. It implies a moral or ethical correction.
- To reform: To correct oneself and return to upright principles or standards.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Nhờ sự giúp đỡ, anh ấy đã cải tà quy chính. (Thanks to the help, he abandoned evil and returned to the right path.)
- Câu chuyện kể về một kẻ cướp quy chính. (The story is about a robber who reformed.)
Advanced Usage
- This term is primarily used in fixed, formal, or literary contexts, most famously in the four-character idiom "cải tà quy chính" (to forsake evil and return to righteousness; to mend one's ways).
Variants and Related Words
- Cải tà quy chính (idiomatic phrase): To correct one's errors and return to the right way; to turn over a new leaf.
Synonyms
- Reform: to make changes to improve or correct.
- Mend one's ways: to improve one's behavior after acting wrongly.
- Return to the fold: to return to a group or to accepted behavior.
Related Idioms
- Cải tà quy chính: This is the core idiom containing "quy chính." It means to forsake a wicked life and return to a virtuous one.
- Hy vọng hắn sẽ cải tà quy chính. (We hope he will mend his ways.)