改邪归正

• ピンイン: gǎi xié guī zhèng
• 漢字の分解: 改 = 己 + 攴 (change); 邪 = 牙 + 阝 (evil, deviant); 归 = 刀 + 自 + 巾 (return); 正 = 一 + 止 (upright, correct)

意味

（成語）悪の道を改めて正道に戻る

A four-character idiom (成语). Used to describe someone who reforms after a period of wrongdoing, criminal behaviour, or moral failure. Common in legal discourse, education, literature, and moral persuasion. Often appears in discussions of criminal rehabilitation, persuasion of errant individuals, or the moral transformation of a character in a narrative. Structure: 改 (change) + 邪 (evil/wrong) + 归 (return to) + 正 (correct/upright).

例文

1. 经过漫长的服刑生涯和内心的深刻反思，他终于下定决心改邪归正，重新回归正常的社会生活。
2. 这部小说以一个误入歧途的青年如何在亲情与教育的感化下改邪归正为主线，引人深思。
3. 社区矫正机构的工作人员耐心引导服刑人员正视过去的错误，帮助他们树立改邪归正的意志。

使い方ガイド

場面: law, education, moral discourse, narrative

トーン: neutral

正しい言い方

• 法律不仅是惩处犯罪的工具，更肩负着感化和引导罪犯改邪归正、重新融入社会的教育职能。(The law is not only a tool for punishing crime but also bears the educational function of reforming and guiding offenders to mend their ways and reintegrate into society.)
• 古典戏曲中常有浪子回头、改邪归正的情节，寄托了民间对人性本善、迷途知返的美好愿望。(Classical opera often features storylines of prodigal sons returning and mending their ways, embodying the folk wish that human nature is fundamentally good and that those who have strayed will find their way back.)

避ける言い方

• 我改邪归正了我的作业 — 改邪归正 describes a person's moral reformation from wrongdoing; use 改正 or 修改 for correcting a homework assignment or written error

起源と歴史

改 (change) + 邪 (evil/deviant) + 归 (return) + 正 (upright/correct) — classical four-character set phrase

文化的背景

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal