改过 gǎiguò to mend one's ways Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 2 sentences 他坐过几次牢,但近来似乎已改过自新。 tā zuò guo jǐcì láo, dàn jìnlái sìhū yǐ gǎiguòzìxīn. He has been in jail several times, but recently he seems to have turned over a new leaf. Source: UM-Corpus: Spoken他是一名改过自新的小偷和电子专家。 tā shì yīmíng gǎiguòzìxīn de xiǎotōu hé diànzǐ zhuānjiā. He is a reformed thief and an electronics expert. Source: CCMatrix