放下屠刀，立地成佛

放下屠刀，立地成佛

Literally means:

achieve salvation after giving up evil

Actually means:

attain salvation through repentance

屠刀, literally referring to a butcher's knife or a cleaver, means a lethal weapon here. 立地, means "immediately".

The phrase metaphorically means that a wrongdoer can become a good person soon after he realizes his sin and is determined to mend his ways.It is used to advise villains to stop doing wrong and follow the good again.

屠刀，宰杀牲畜的刀，这里指杀人凶器。立地，立刻。

放下屠刀，立地成佛，比喻作恶的人一旦认识了自己的罪行，决心改过，仍可以很快变成好人。用来劝坏人停止做坏事，重新做个好人。