自zi6新san1

English

1. to reform oneself
2. oneself (spoken)
3. to mend one's ways and start life anew

Examples

• 我改过自新了。

  I'm reformed.

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• 汤姆来自澳大利亚，玛丽来自新西兰。

  Tom is from Australia and Mary is from New Zealand.

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• 28 位專家來自新加坡、美國、法國、日本、瑞士和尼泊爾，他們在手術室裡伴隨著柔和的古典音樂，不慌不忙地工作。

  The 28 specialists, including experts from Singapore, the United States, France, Japan, Switzerland and Nepal, are working at an unhurried pace to the soft strains of classical music in the operating theater.

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