Translation

• lit. to wash one's heart and renew one's face (idiom)
• to repent sincerely and mend one's mistaken ways
• to turn over a new leaf

Synonyms

• 今是昨非, 力矫, 回头, 回头是岸, 弃旧图新, 弃暗投明, 弃邪归正, 悔过, 悔过自新, 改悔, 改过, 改过自新, 改过迁善, 改邪归正, 洗手不干, 痛改前非, 知过必改, 纠章, 翻然悔悟, 脱胎换骨, 自查自纠, 自纠, 败子回头, 迷途知返