Read Edit View history 放下屠刀 fàngxiàtúdāo to reform an evildoer Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 放下屠刀 fàngxiàtúdāo to reform an evildoer literally "to lay down the butcher's knife"; to give up one's evil ways and become a good person; often used in the idiom 放下屠刀，立地成佛 fàngxiàtúdāolìdìchéngfó Frequency Written text 0.153 per million Cross-References See 放下屠刀，立地成佛 fàngxiàtúdāolìdìchéngfó Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
放下屠刀 fàngxiàtúdāo to reform an evildoer literally "to lay down the butcher's knife"; to give up one's evil ways and become a good person; often used in the idiom 放下屠刀，立地成佛 fàngxiàtúdāolìdìchéngfó Frequency Written text 0.153 per million Cross-References See 放下屠刀，立地成佛 fàngxiàtúdāolìdìchéngfó Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)