转念 (zhuǎn niàn) — to have second thoughts, to reconsider (an idea or decision)

Definition

Examples

• 他转念一想，觉得还是去吧。
  Tā zhuǎn niàn yì xiǎng, jué de hái shì qù ba.
  After reconsidering, he felt he might as well go.
• 我本来想辞职，但转了一个念又犹豫了。
  Wǒ běn lái xiǎng cí zhí, dàn zhuǎn le yí gè niàn yòu yóu yù le.
  I originally wanted to quit, but I had a second thought and hesitated.
• 转念之间，他改变了主意。
  zhuǎn niàn Zhī jiān, tā gǎi biàn le zhǔ yì.
  In a moment of reconsideration, he changed his mind.