be born again

be born again

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Hu à ng à Tu à t à I, which means that through education, thought has been completely transformed. It's from Yang Liuzhi, a willow branch, who lives in a distant mountain.

Idiom usage

To change completely

Analysis of Idioms

Synonyms: remould, remould, remould

The origin of Idioms

The words of "Yang Liuzhi, who lives far away in the mountains" by Hou Shanyuan of Jin: "go back to the old road, return to childlike appearance."

Idiom explanation

It was originally used in Taoism. It refers to that after a monk obtains the Tao, he turns every fetus into a holy fetus and every bone into an immortal bone. The present metaphor is that through education, the thought has been completely transformed.