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  *改* | 改* | *改
to change / to alter / to transform / to correct
HSK 2
to amend / to alter / to modify
HSK 3
to correct / to amend / to put right / correction / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
to improve; to make better / improvement / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to transform / to reform / to remodel / to remold
HSK 3
reform / CL: , 種|种, 項|项 / to reform
HSK 5
to change / to alter / to transform
HSK 2
to make better; to improve / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
to reform and open to the outside world / refers to Deng Xiaoping's policies from around 1980
HSK 7-9
to change one's costume / to repackage / to remodel / to refit / to modify / to convert
HSK 6
to change into
HSK 7-9
land reform
reform of the medical system
to reform and start afresh (idiom); to turn over a new leaf
abbr. for 勞動改造|劳动改造 / reform through labor / laogai (prison camp)
political reform
another day / some other day
HSK 7-9
to adapt / to rearrange / to revise
HSK 7-9
to mend one's ways (idiom) / to turn over a new leaf
HSK 7-9
to revise the current edition / revised edition
HSK 7-9
to revise / to edit
to recognize one's mistakes and be able to reform oneself (idiom)
to improve (sth) / to reform (a system)
HSK 7-9
economic reform
to reorganize / to reshuffle (posts etc)
political reform
(Protestant) Reformation
to reform / to rectify and improve
financial reform
to change outwardly while remaining essentially the same (derog.) (idiom) / (Tw) (non-derogatory) to change considerably / to undergo a transformation
another day / some other time / to find another day (for appointment etc) / to take a rain check
to reorganize / to restructure
to make modifications to a product's model or design
to alter / to modify / to revise
HSK 7-9
revised draft / new version (of a document)
(idiom) not bat an eyelid
change of string, move out of rut (idiom); dramatic change of direction / to dance to a different tune
to correct (a bad habit etc)
rehabilitation of displaced persons
land reform (abbr. for 土地改革)
reform of the writing system
to convert (to another religion)
to rebuild / to transform (a building) / to refurbish
to mark (homework, exam scripts etc) / to correct and criticize (an article) / to check / to correct / a correction (to a piece of writing)
to transition to a new dynasty or regime
to correct an error
reformer
the reformist party
to change (sth) / to alter (sth) / to change over (to sth else)
to change completely
to edit / to modify / to alter (written material)
to rename
HSK 7-9
to alter
HSK 7-9
correctional labor camp
PRC National Development and Reform Commission
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
genetic modification
reelection / to reelect
mixed ownership reform (abbr. for 混合所有制改革)
to change over to / to switch to / to use (sth different)
to change one's reservation / to transfer to a different flight, airline, bus or train
PRC National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), formed in 2003
to remarry (of a woman)
to change profession
to change (sth) again
to change an emperor's or ruler's reign title (old)
turn away from evil and follow virtue
education reform (abbr. for 教育改革)
struggle, criticize, and transform (Cultural Revolution catchcry)
to improve one's family's social status by moving up in the world / to switch one's allegiance to a new patron
to change profession or business
to change route / to divert (a road or a watercourse)
lit. heard in the morning and changed by the evening / to correct an error very quickly (idiom)
mixed ownership reform (strategy aimed at enhancing the efficiency and competitiveness of state-owned enterprises)
screwdriver / CL:
genetic modification; GM
correction fluid
completely correcting one's former misdeeds (idiom); to repent past mistakes and turn over a new leaf / a reformed character
If one can change after making a mistake, there is nothing better (idiom)
to alter one's fate / to improve one's luck (e.g. by changing one's name or phone number)
not to repent even facing death (idiom) / unrepentant / very obstinate
to tamper with / to falsify
lit. not to change, despite repeated admonition / incorrigible / unrepentant
to repent / repentance
to deny / to go back on one's word
to reschedule / to rearrange (e.g. a meeting) / to postpone
to revise a manuscript
rivers and mountains are easy to change, man's character much harder
(of an entity) to come under the administration of (a different authority)
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)
to change (sth) repeatedly
to acknowledge one's faults and correct them (idiom)
(slang) to modify in a fantastical way; to modify heavily
to change a name / to rename
reformer
adapted from a manga
(Internet slang) young lady (Cantonese-influenced alternative to 小姐姐)
correct any mistakes you made, but maintain your good record if you did not make them (idiom)
to correct in the evening a fault of the morning (idiom) / to quickly amend one's ways

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