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HSK
to change / to alter / to transform
HSK 2
to change into / to turn into / to become
HSK 2
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  *變* | 變* | *變
to change / to become different / to transform / to vary / rebellion
HSK 2
to change / to alter / to modify
HSK 6
to change into
HSK 3
(intransitive) to change; to vary / change; variation (CL:個|个)
HSK 3
dependent variable
to develop; to evolve
HSK 7-9
to change / to transform / shift / transformation / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to change / to fluctuate / change / fluctuation
HSK 5
(idiom) immutable; impervious to change; set in stone
HSK 7-9
mutiny / rebellion
HSK 7-9
to sell off (one's property)
constant / unvarying / (math.) invariant
unchanging since times immemorial (idiom) / unalterable / unvarying / monotonous
calculus of variations (math.)
to cease to feel a sense of loyalty (or gratitude etc) to sb or sth / to fall out of love with sb
(of a caterpillar etc) to metamorphose / (fig.) to undergo a dramatic positive change (e.g. urban renewal, industrial reform, economic advance etc)
to transform / to convert / to vary / to alternate / a transformation
HSK 6
case change (in grammar)
(astronomy) Cepheid variable star
the Mukden or Manchurian Railway Incident of 18th September 1931 used by the Japanese as a pretext to annex Manchuria / also known as Liutiaogou incident 柳條溝事變|柳条沟事变
global warming
incident / unforeseen event / events (in general)
calculus of variations
climate change
to become deformed; to change shape; to morph
HSK 6
to transform / to change
HSK 7-9
transformer
a popular form of narrative literature flourishing in the Tang Dynasty (618-907) with alternate prose and rhymed parts for recitation and singing (often on Buddhist themes)
variable factor; uncertainties / (math.) a variable
genetic mutation
to become
unsuccessful and bloody Korean palace coup in 1884 by Westernisers against conservatives, crushed by Qing troops
to meet a contingency; to adapt oneself to changes
changes / vicissitudes
HSK 7-9
the coup of 12th Mar 1927, an attempt by Chiang Kai-shek to suppress the communists / called 反革命政變|反革命政变 or 慘案|惨案 in PRC literature
in an instant a myriad changes (idiom); rapid substantial change
to degenerate; to deteriorate / (of food) to go bad; to go off / (geology) metamorphism
HSK 7-9
many superficial changes but no departure from the original stand (idiom); plus ça change, plus ça reste la mème chose
variation (calculus) / deformation
missense mutation
chemical change / chemical transformation
to change dramatically / radical change
military coup
to defect / to betray / to mutiny
to become warm
to grow old / to age / aging
(idiom) changeable; fickle
(idiom) to deal with varying circumstances by adhering to a basic principle
countless changes / constant permutation
HSK 7-9
variable (math.)
to get worse / to degenerate
to have a change of weather (esp. for the worse) / (fig.) to experience a major upheaval; to undergo sweeping change
to metamorphose (biology) / abnormal / perverted / hentai / (slang) pervert
variation
HSK 7-9
pragmatic / flexible / to act differently in different situations / to accommodate to circumstances
lit. to turn pale at the mention of a tiger (idiom) / fig. to be terrified at the thought (of it)
alternating current (electricity)
atomic fission / nuclear fission / fission
variant Creutzfeldt-Jacobs disease, vCJD
variant / variant strain (of virus)
to develop / to evolve
to change (appearance) / to change shape
to adapt to circumstances
fissionable
lit. a girl changes eighteen times between childhood and womanhood (idiom) / fig. a young woman is very different from the little girl she once was
Hundred Days Reform (1898), failed attempt to reform the Qing dynasty
fickle / (math.) multivariate
to change shape in a single shake / fig. to take on a new lease of life
changing circumstances / turbulent situation
lit. change to more severe (idiom); to become more intense (esp. of shortcoming) / to aggravate / to intensify
to denature / denaturation / to have a sex change / transsexual
to change unpredictably / unpredictable / erratic / treacherous
HSK 7-9
to perform magical tricks
global warming
New Fourth Army Incident of 1940, involving fighting between the Nationalists and Communists
to perform conjuring tricks / to conjure / to juggle
to change speed / to shift gear / variable-speed
to change lanes
marriage upheaval (infidelity, divorce etc) / marriage breakup
(Tw) (math.) dependent variable
nuclear fusion
invariant quantity / invariant (math.)
radioactive decay
catastrophe / cataclysmic change
emergency management
Korean War (dating from North Korean invasion on 25th Jun 1950)
great changes
(physics) to undergo fusion
to change into / to turn into / to become
(math.) transformation group
to turn hostile suddenly / face changing, a device of Sichuan Opera, a dramatic change of attitude expressing fright, anger etc
quantitative change
wind shear (meteorology)
(idiom) to degenerate (morally); to become depraved
Transformers (franchise)
rheostat (variable resistor)
Shang Yang's political reform of Qin state 秦國|秦国 of 356 BC and 350 BC, that put it on the road to world domination
function of a real variable (math.)

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