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放下屠刀，立地成佛原为佛教禅宗劝人修行的话后用来比喻作恶的人只要决心悔改就会变成好人。例从来说孽海茫茫回头是岸，放下屠刀，立地成佛。——《儿女英雄传》英drop one’s cleaver and become a Buddha—a wrongdoer achieves salvation as soon as one gives up evil;

放下屠刀放：安放搁置；屠刀：宰杀牲畜的刀。佛教语劝人改恶从善。比喻作恶的人决心改过。