Long Tzi Wooi Tau Kam Bat Woon (When a sinner realizes his wrong and returns ...)

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Long Tzi Wooi Tau Kam Bat Woon
When a sinner realizes his wrong and returns to moral living, one would not exchange him for his weight in gold
浪子回頭金不換
浪子回头金不换
Cantonese: long tzi wooi tau kam bat woon
Cantonese (Yale): long6 ji2 wui4 tau4 gam1 bat1 wun6
Mandarin (Pinyin): lang4 zi3 hui2 tou2 jin1 bu4 huan4

Please note that the first and second set of characters are the traditional and simplified characters respectively.

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This term can be found on Sifu's Q&A September 2003 (part 2) webpage under Q&A no. 2. Here's the link:

http://shaolin.org/answers/ans03b/sep03-2.html