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Open the tool →放下屠刀,立便成佛 (fàng xià tú dāo , lì biàn chéng fó) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “Even the most wicked person can achieve redemption and become a good person if they sincerely repent and abandon their evil ways; it encourages wrongdoers to reform”.
放下屠刀,立便成佛 is pronounced fàng xià tú dāo , lì biàn chéng fó in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 放下屠刀,立便成佛 means “Lay down the butcher's knife, and immediately become a Buddha”. It is used to mean “Even the most wicked person can achieve redemption and become a good person if they sincerely repent and abandon their evil ways; it encourages wrongdoers to reform”.
放:安放,搁置;屠刀:宰杀牲畜的刀。佛教语,劝人改恶从善。比喻作恶的人决心改过,就能变成好人