Definition

1. 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.)