去暗投明
qù'àn​tóu​míng

to leave the darkness and head for the light

  • created reference approved 去暗投明 → 弃暗投明/棄暗投明 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    去暗投明 qù'àn​tóu​míng

    弃暗投明 / 棄暗投明 qì'àn​tóu​míng

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 去暗投明 · qù'àn​tóu​míng · to leave the darkness and head for the light — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    去暗投明

    qù'àn​tóu​míng

    to leave the darkness and head for the light

    To leave a corrupt or evil path and join a righteous one; to turn over a new leaf.

    去 (literal) → 去 · qù · to remove 暗 (literal) → 暗 · àn · hidden 投 (literal) → 投 · tóu · to join 明 (literal) → 明 · míng · bright

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense