Reform and restraint

Reform and restraint

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is g é mi ā NLI ǎ NSH ǒ u, which means to change from evil to good and dare not do anything recklessly. It comes from the stele Ode to Zhang Gong's last love.

The origin of Idioms

Tang · Dugu and the old prince of Tang Zhang Gong's memorial tablet song: "so the brave people and crafty officials changed their ways, and their families were loyal and trustworthy, and people were shameful."

Analysis of Idioms

A change of heart

Idiom usage

Used as a predicate; used of a villain. With the deepening of the struggle of "strike hard", some lawless elements in the society have to change their ways.