弃暗投明
      Explanation: Out of the darkness toward the light. Analogy from the reactionary political camp, toward advancements.
      Usage: -Linked; as predicate, object; with compliment
      Source: Ming Luo, "Three Kingdoms": "Why do not the public defections of Yields?"
      Examples: General knows is this good or bad times, ~, all the house of a minister, what have divided each other. (Ming Xu Zhonglin "Gods" fifty-sixth back)
      Riddle: Uprising
  • Thesaurus:  mend one's ways, cut loose from the past and make a fresh start, To refuse the evil perfection, Gai Xian Yi Zhang, An anti-past, An opposite direction
  • Antonym Group:  Qimingtouan, cast pearls before swine, cast pearls before swine, Branch road Sheep, divagate