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HSK
to change / to alter / to transform
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *改* | 改* | *改
to change / to alter / to transform / to correct
HSK 2
to amend / to alter / to modify
HSK 3
to transform / to reform / to remodel / to remold
HSK 3
to improve; to make better / improvement / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to correct / to amend / to put right / correction / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
to make better; to improve / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
reform / CL: , 種|种, 項|项 / to reform
HSK 5
to change one's costume / to repackage / to remodel / to refit / to modify / to convert
HSK 6
to alter
HSK 7-9
to change into
HSK 7-9
to rename
HSK 7-9
to alter / to modify / to revise
HSK 7-9
to improve (sth) / to reform (a system)
HSK 7-9
to revise the current edition / revised edition
HSK 7-9
to mend one's ways (idiom) / to turn over a new leaf
HSK 7-9
to reform and open to the outside world / refers to Deng Xiaoping's policies from around 1980
HSK 7-9
another day / some other day
HSK 7-9
to adapt / to rearrange / to revise
HSK 7-9
to rebuild / to transform (a building) / to refurbish
lit. not to change, despite repeated admonition / incorrigible / unrepentant
reelection / to reelect
to reorganize / to restructure
to convert / to turn into (sth else) / to adapt (a story to another medium)
to revise / to edit
abbr. for 國家發展和改革委員會|国家发展和改革委员会, PRC National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), formed in 2003
land reform (abbr. for 土地改革)
to change one's tune / to modify one's previous remark / to change the way one addresses sb (as when one marries and starts to call one's husband's parents 爸爸 and 媽媽|妈妈)
correctional labor camp
to reorganize / to reshuffle (posts etc)
to edit a picture; to modify an image / (literary) to change one's plans
another day / some other time / to find another day (for appointment etc) / to take a rain check
it is easier to change mountains and rivers than to alter one's character (idiom) / you can't change who you are / Can the leopard change his spots?
change of appearance / to revise one's point of view
to repent / repentance
(Protestant) Reformation
to alter one's fate / to improve one's luck (e.g. by changing one's name or phone number)
to transition to a new dynasty or regime
to change outwardly while remaining essentially the same (derog.) (idiom) / (Tw) (non-derogatory) to change considerably / to undergo a transformation
to reform and start afresh (idiom); to turn over a new leaf
to change a name / to rename
correct any mistakes you made, but maintain your good record if you did not make them (idiom)
to edit / to modify / to alter (written material)
lit. a dog can't stop himself from eating shit (idiom) / fig. bad habits are hard to change
economic reform
land reform
reeducation through labor / laogai (prison camp)
screwdriver / CL:
to alter (text) / to change by painting over / to correct (with correction fluid)
abbr. for 勞動改造|劳动改造 / reform through labor / laogai (prison camp)
to change (sth) / to alter (sth) / to change over (to sth else)
to reschedule / to rearrange (e.g. a meeting) / to postpone
to correct one's errors; to mend one's ways
(law) to amend a judgment; to commute / (in a contest or exam) to change the original decision or score
to check and revise
change of string, move out of rut (idiom); dramatic change of direction / to dance to a different tune
to remarry (of a woman)
old habits are hard to change (idiom)
to tamper with / to falsify
reformism (i.e. favoring gradual change as opposed to revolution)
the reformist party
to alter / to modify / to change / to tamper
(idiom) not bat an eyelid
to correct an error
reform of the writing system
to change profession or business
turn away from evil and follow virtue
to revise a manuscript
to reform / to rectify and improve
Gerze county in Ngari prefecture, Tibet, Tibetan: Sger rtse rdzong
to change; to modify
Gerze county in Ngari prefecture, Tibet, Tibetan: Sger rtse rdzong
to change an emperor's or ruler's reign title (old)
to change profession
to make frequent or unpredictable changes in policy (idiom)
education reform (abbr. for 教育改革)
lit. heard in the morning and changed by the evening / to correct an error very quickly (idiom)
completely correcting one's former misdeeds (idiom); to repent past mistakes and turn over a new leaf / a reformed character
to revise (text, plan etc)
to deny / to go back on one's word
to improve one's family's social status by moving up in the world / to switch one's allegiance to a new patron
to mend one's ways
struggle, criticize, and transform (Cultural Revolution catchcry)
to correct in the evening a fault of the morning (idiom) / to quickly amend one's ways
(slang) to modify in a fantastical way; to modify heavily
to recognize one's mistakes and be able to reform oneself (idiom)
to make modifications to a product's model or design
correction fluid
Mordechai (name)
not to repent even facing death (idiom) / unrepentant / very obstinate
to cut food into a specific size or shape (strips, slices or cubes etc) / (dialect) screwdriver
political reform
(Tw) genetically modified; GM (abbr. for 基因改造)
to change one's reservation / to transfer to a different flight, airline, bus or train
to change (sth) again
PRC National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), formed in 2003
PRC National Development and Reform Commission
a gift of money given by parents on both sides after a wedding, to their new daughter-in-law or son-in-law
to change completely

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