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HSK
digital-to-analog converter (DAC)
to change and wash (clothes etc)
a prodigal son returned home is worth more than gold
switch (telecommunications)
to convert / to exchange
HSK 7-9
to exchange / to swap / to switch (telecom) / commutative (math) / to commute
HSK 4
lit. to steal a rafter and replace it with a column / to replace the original with a fake / to perpetrate a fraud (idiom)
to guarantee replacement (of faulty goods) / warranty
exchange student
to change outwardly while remaining essentially the same (derog.) (idiom) / (Tw) (non-derogatory) to change considerably / to undergo a transformation
to exchange
switched Ethernet
to transform / to convert / to vary / to alternate / a transformation
HSK 6
to permute / permutation (math.) / to displace / displacement / to replace / replacement
to swap places / (logic) conversion / (car maintenance) to rotate (tires)
HSK 7-9
to take a breath (in swimming) / to ventilate
different broth but the same old medicine (idiom); a change in name only / a change in form but not in substance
in other words
to change money / to sell
to exchange; to replace; to substitute for; to switch
HSK 7-9
to exchange / to swap
to obtain (sth) in exchange / to exchange (sth) for (sth else)
HSK 7-9
to return a product for another item
to substitute on the sly
to replace with sth new / to upgrade
to dismiss and replace (sb) / to replace (sb or sth)
HSK 7-9
to change (currency) illegally / fraudulent exchange
to put oneself in sb else’s shoes
in other words
to transition to a new dynasty or regime
currency exchange
currency exchange rate
to change (sth) / to alter (sth) / to change over (to sth else)
to substitute / to replace
heat exchanger
to engage in fraudulent activities (idiom) / skulduggery / to hoodwink people / to cheat sb audaciously
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to exchange / to change (clothes etc) / to substitute / to switch / to convert (currency)
HSK 2
to transition to a new dynasty or regime / to replace an older product with an upgraded, new-generation one
to change gear
to grow replacement teeth (zoology) / to grow permanent teeth in place of milk teeth
to take turns / to rotate (responsibility)
to wrap (text) / line feed (computing)
to guarantee refund or replacement (of faulty or unsatisfactory goods)
(math.) transformation group
analog-to-digital converter (ADC)
commutative law xy = yx (math)
exchange value
to switch over / to switch modes or data streams / to cut (to a new scene)
to change shift / the next work shift / to relieve (a workman on the previous shift) / to take over the job
in other words
HSK 7-9
to exchange / to change / to swap
to renew a certificate (ID card etc) / to leave an ID at the desk to gain entrance
to exchange (sth) for (sth else) / to replace with / to convert into
HSK 7-9
converter / transducer
a projective transformation
metonymy
(idiom) to drink together in a convivial atmosphere
to relieve a sentry / to change the guard
wife swapping
to molt / to change feathers
to relieve a garrison / to change guard complement
to improve one's family's social status by moving up in the world / to switch one's allegiance to a new patron
bird shotgun replaced by cannon (idiom); equipment improved enormously
equal-value exchange
to change workshifts
out with the old and in with the new (idiom)
replacement guaranteed if not genuine / fig. authentic
bill of exchange (international trade)
to exchange (a purchased item)
to molt (of birds) / to change feathers
house-swap vacation
(slang) to be genderswapped (abbr. for 性別轉換|性别转换)
barter
integral transform (math.)
conversion from simple to traditional Chinese characters
to shed one's mortal body and exchange one's bones (idiom); born again Daoist / to turn over a new leaf / fig. to change wholly / to create from other material (story, artwork etc)
(math.) Fourier transform
commutation (electricity)
to replace (a worn-out tire etc) / to change (one's address etc)
HSK 5
tool change (mechanics)
switched network
packet switching
electronic switching system (telecom.) / stored program control exchange (SPC)
to swap / to replace / to exchange / to change
to convert / conversion / (in accounting, referring to currency conversion) translation
to shed one's mortal body and exchange one's bones (idiom); born again Daoist / to turn over a new leaf / fig. to change wholly
to change / to switch / to convert / to transform
HSK 5
(telecom or network) switch
inverter, device that converts AC electricity to DC and vice versa
to molt
to swap / to exchange / to transpose / to replace
reform and renewal / generational change
Standard Interchange Code for Generally Used Chinese Characters, a character encoding standard of Taiwan 1986-1992, aka CNS 11643-1986, where CNS stands for Chinese National Standard / abbr. to 通用碼|通用码
(Tw) public switched telephone network (PSTN)
to change personnel upon expiry of a term of office
interchange code / computer coding for characters, including Chinese
(computing) network address translation
labor exchanges

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