回頭是岸
huí​tóu​shì'àn

to repent and be saved

  • created sense approved 回头是岸/回頭是岸 · huí​tóu​shì'àn · to repent and be saved — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    回头是岸 / 回頭是岸

    huí​tóu​shì'àn

    to repent and be saved

    (idiom) Buddhist saying meaning that there is always a way out if one repents and turns back from an evil path; literally means 'turn your head and there is the shore'.

    回头 (literal) → 回头/回頭 · huí​tóu · to repent 是 (literal) → 是 · shì · to be 岸 (literal) → 岸 · àn · bank

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

    created sense