革面
gé​miàn

to change appearance

革面 gé​miàn
to change appearance
(literary) to change one's outward appearance; to change facial expression
to reform superficially
to turn over a new leaf only ostensibly or superficially; to change one's outward behavior without a sincere change of heart, as in the idiom 洗心革面 xǐ​xīn​gé​miàn

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