become aware of one 's errors and turn back from one 's wrong path
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is m í é RZH ī f ǎ n, meaning to know to come back after getting lost. Metaphor can be corrected if it has a fault. It comes from the book of the Song Dynasty, biography of the two evildoers, Shao yuanxiong.
The origin of Idioms
"Song Shu · biography of the two evildoers · yuanxiongshao": "so those who drown in the thunder and slow down the electricity are still hoping that my younger brother will know how to return."
Analysis of Idioms
Antonym: know the wrong way and know the way back
Idiom usage
As predicate or object
become aware of one 's errors and turn back from one 's wrong path
mountains multiply and streams double back - shān zhòng shuǐ fù
It's hard to make a big difference - yí jiān tóu dà
practise personally what one preaches - gōng xíng shí jiàn