







败子回头金不换 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “it is more precious than gold when a wayward or prodigal person mends their ways and turns over a new leaf”. Literally, “A wayward son's return is worth more than gold”.

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Open the tool →败子回头金不换 (bài zǐ huí tóu jīn bù huàn) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “it is more precious than gold when a wayward or prodigal person mends their ways and turns over a new leaf”.
败子回头金不换 is pronounced bài zǐ huí tóu jīn bù huàn in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 败子回头金不换 means “a wayward son's return is worth more than gold”. It is used to mean “it is more precious than gold when a wayward or prodigal person mends their ways and turns over a new leaf”.
指不干正事的人改邪归正比金子还可贵