改過自新

to reform and start afresh (idiom); to turn over a new leaf

abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆[Xin1 jiang1] or Singapore 新加坡[Xin1 jia1 po1] / surname Xin

new / newly / meso- (chemistry)

self / oneself / from / since / naturally / surely

to change / to alter / to transform / to correct

to correct / to fix

surname Guo

to cross / to go over / to pass (time) / to celebrate (a holiday) / to live / to get along / excessively / too-

(experienced action marker)

to reform oneself / to mend one's ways and start life anew