迷途知返
“please correct your actions now.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
少君
“Young Master,”
迷途知返
“please correct your actions now.”
可我若不这么做
“But if I did not do this,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Confucian and Buddhist ethics value self-awareness and self-correction, holding that moral redemption is always open to those who turn back in time.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to realize one's errors and return to the right track; to repent
A formal four-character idiom (chengyu) commonly used when advising someone to stop pursuing a harmful or morally wrong course of action.