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HSK
to change / to alter / to transform
HSK 2
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  *变* | 变* | *变
to change / to become different / to transform / to vary / rebellion
HSK 2
to change / to transform / shift / transformation / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to develop; to evolve
HSK 7-9
(idiom) immutable; impervious to change; set in stone
HSK 7-9
mutiny / rebellion
HSK 7-9
to do whatever is expedient
missense mutation
pathological changes / lesion / diseased (kidney, cornea etc)
to become moldy
gradual change / (graphic design) gradient
fickle / mercurial / changeable / capricious / to be apt to change
sudden change / mutation
distortion / aberration
incident / unforeseen event / events (in general)
to flow and change / development and change (of society)
to transform / to morph / to degenerate / metamorphosis / transmutation / transformation / decay / degeneration
to become cancerous / transformation to malignancy (of body cells)
quantitative change
qualitative change / fundamental change
great changes
to defect / to betray / to mutiny
coup d'état
catastrophe / cataclysmic change
to meet a contingency; to adapt oneself to changes
variable
to change dramatically / radical change
(literary) to evolve; to change / (physics) transmutation
deformation; bending
in an instant a myriad changes (idiom); rapid substantial change
marriage upheaval (infidelity, divorce etc) / marriage breakup
creep (materials science)
(physics) to undergo nuclear fission / (fig.) to break apart, forming smaller units; to fragment
fickle / (math.) multivariate
to change according to the situation (idiom); pragmatic
to change suddenly; to change abruptly
shear (physics)
mutiny / (Tw) to be dumped by one's girlfriend while serving in the army
radioactive decay
(physics) to undergo fusion
to develop / to evolve
phonetic change
to change shape in a single shake / fig. to take on a new lease of life
calamitous turn of events / (of one's complexion) to change markedly due to shock, illness etc; to turn deathly pale
loss of love / breakup of a relationship
mass uprising / popular revolt / civil commotion
lit. to turn pale at the mention of a tiger (idiom) / fig. to be terrified at the thought (of it)
to adapt to circumstances
(idiom) to deal with varying circumstances by adhering to a basic principle
to fight corruption and forestall moral degeneration
(math.) real variable
to sell off sth
modulation / to modulate (electronics)
mutable / volatile / variable
constant / unvarying / (math.) invariant
to change precipitously
(math.) complex variable
to turn pale at the mention of sex; prudish
ever-changing
Xi'an Incident of 12th December 1936 (kidnap of Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石)
nuclear fusion
genetic mutation
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
huge changes
restrain your grief, accept fate (condolence phrase)
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
New Fourth Army Incident of 1940, involving fighting between the Nationalists and Communists
Xuanwu gate coup of June 626 in early Tang, in which Li Shimin 李世民 killed his brothers, seized the throne from his father as Emperor Taizong 唐太宗
Marco Polo Bridge Incident of 7th July 1937, regarded as the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War 抗日戰爭|抗日战争
unchanging since times immemorial (idiom) / unalterable / unvarying / monotonous
Marco Polo Bridge Incident of 7th July 1937, regarded as the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War 抗日戰爭|抗日战争
military coup
the military revolt of 960 that led Zhao Kuangyin 趙匡胤|赵匡胤 to found the Song dynasty
North China Incident of October-December 1935, a Japanese attempt to set up a puppet government in north China
elastic deformation
half-period of a wave motion / alternation
the crisis year of 1900 involving the Boxer uprising and the eight nation military invasion
radioactive decay
wind shear (meteorology)
shearing / shear deformation
the Yellow Turbans Peasant Uprising at the end of later Han (from 184)
Shanghai Incident of 28th January 1932, Chinese uprising against Japanese quarters of Shanghai
Marco Polo Bridge Incident of 7th July 1937, regarded as the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War 抗日戰爭|抗日战争
to show no understanding of the times (idiom); cannot adapt to current circumstances / not amenable to reason
radical change
customs change with time (idiom); other times, other manners / O Tempora, O Mores!
Korean War (dating from North Korean invasion on 25th Jun 1950)
fissionable
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
counterrevolutionary coup of 12th April 1927, Chiang Kai-shek's coup against the communists in Shanghai
coup by Dowager Empress Cixi 慈禧太后 ending the 1898 attempt to reform the Qing dynasty
atomic fission / nuclear fission / fission
nuclear transformation / nuclear transmutation
improvisation / flexible / adaptable / pragmatic
unsuccessful and bloody Korean palace coup in 1884 by Westernisers against conservatives, crushed by Qing troops
(idiom) when you hit bottom, you have to come up with a new approach
emergency management
understanding and adaptable
reversing (e.g. electric current)
missense mutation


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