改过自新
      Explanation: Rehabilitation: consciously to correct a new leaf. Correct the error and re-start.
      Usage: -Linked; as predicate, object; with a compliment
      Source: Qian Han, "Historical Text Xiao Ji": "concubine can not hurt the dead husband back to life, who can not re-criminal case, although the re-To rehabilitate the road from the also-free."
      Examples: Atomic Energy ~, abandoned more go Wu, Guaren will be when reused. (Ming Feng Meng, "Eastern Zhou Chi," eighty-back)
  • Thesaurus:  repent past mistakes, reform oneself, Qixieguizheng, Evil from being abandoned, wash up, wash the heart and cleanse worries
  • Antonym Group:  be impervious to reason, brass, Shameless, Incorrigible, Out by the government has, Audacity The View, labour of dogs and horses; serve like a dog or a horse, Pleasures of the report, wheel and deal (AmE.), wilful ignorance