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良loeng4心sam1發faat3現jin6

simp良心发现
loeng4 sam1 faat3 jin6liáng xīn fā xiàn

English

  1. (idiom) to develop a conscience about sth after previously being unconcerned (usu. resulting in feeling remorse or making amends)
  2. to be disturbed by one's conscience; one's conscience to be pricked by some of the things one did; literally, found one's conscience

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 做咗啲違背良心,唔合乎道德嘅事,內心掙扎過後覺得後悔而認錯;良心過意唔去

Examples

  • 佢終於良心發現,去差館自首。

    She eventually felt a prick of conscience and confessed to her crime in the police station.

  • 他突然良心發現。

    His conscience suddenly awoke in him.

    Tatoeba · DaoSeng CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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