「放下屠刀，立地成佛」
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| Pronunciation： | fong3 haa6 tou4 dou1 laap6 dei6 sing4 fat6 |
| Individual Character Meaning： |
放 to put; to release; bold; unbridled; free; uninhibited; to place; to let go; to have; to go through; to walk one's pet; to graze; to emit; to expose; to sell 下 down; time (e.g. one time, two times); below 屠 to massacre; to slaughter 刀 knife 立 to stand; to be upright; to be vertical; to be erect; immediate; instantaneous; to found; to set up 地 land; -ly; ground; field; floor; place; locality; area 成 to accomplish; 10%; one tenth; to succeed; to finish; to complete; whole; all; entire 佛 Buddha; Gautama Buddha; Buddha statue |
| Part of Speech： | expression |
| Explanation： |
to correct one's mistake and to be an upright person again; to repent and be absolved of one's crimes; literally: to lay down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha on the spot
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