棄暗投明 Save Sign in to save words Simplified: 弃暗投明 qìàntóumíng ㄑㄧˋ ㄢˋ ㄊㄡˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ to renounce the dark and seek the light to give up one's wrong way of life and turn to a better one Character by character 棄(qì)abandon 暗(àn)dark 投(tóu)throw 明(míng)Ming Dynasty A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0