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浪子回头金不换

làng zǐ huí tóu jīn bù huàn

7-character word Traditional 浪子回頭金不換

What 浪子回头金不换 means

1. a prodigal son returned home is worth more than gold

The characters in 浪子回头金不换

• 浪làngwave; breaker; unrestrained
• 子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子
• 回huíto go back; to return; to turn back; to turn around; to reply; to answer…
• 头tóuhead; hair style; the top
• 金jīngold; chemical element Au; generic term for lustrous and ductile metals
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 换huànto exchange; to change (clothes etc); to substitute

Example sentences

• 俗话说：浪子回头金不换；可俗话又说：狗改不了吃屎！
  The saying goes: to turn a new leaf is priceless. The saying also goes: a dog can't change their habits of eating shit!