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Open the tool →刮腹湔肠 (guā fù jiān cháng) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to thoroughly repent and reform”.
刮腹湔肠 is pronounced guā fù jiān cháng in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 刮腹湔肠 means “Scrape the belly and wash the intestines”. It is used to mean “to thoroughly repent and reform”.
刮:用锋刃平削;湔:洗。比喻痛改前非,重新做人