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to change / to become different / to transform / to vary / rebellion
HSK 2
to change into / to turn into / to become
HSK 2
to change / to alter / to transform
HSK 2
to change into
HSK 3
to change / to transform / shift / transformation / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
(intransitive) to change; to vary / change; variation (CL:個|个)
HSK 3
to change / to fluctuate / change / fluctuation
HSK 5
to change / to alter / to modify
HSK 6
to transform / to convert / to vary / to alternate / a transformation
HSK 6
to become deformed; to change shape; to morph
HSK 6
to degenerate; to deteriorate / (of food) to go bad; to go off / (geology) metamorphism
HSK 7-9
to develop; to evolve
HSK 7-9
(idiom) immutable; impervious to change; set in stone
HSK 7-9
to transform / to change
HSK 7-9
countless changes / constant permutation
HSK 7-9
to change unpredictably / unpredictable / erratic / treacherous
HSK 7-9
mutiny / rebellion
HSK 7-9
changes / vicissitudes
HSK 7-9
variation
HSK 7-9
to change clothes / to dress up; to put on a costume; to cosplay / to cross-dress
radioactive decay
lit. to turn pale at the mention of a tiger (idiom) / fig. to be terrified at the thought (of it)
to undergo a transformation; to morph; to turn into / transformed version of sb or sth; new incarnation
(literary) to evolve; to change / (physics) transmutation
variable factor; uncertainties / (math.) a variable
capo
nuclear fusion
Korean War (dating from North Korean invasion on 25th Jun 1950)
sudden change / mutation
to metamorphose (biology) / abnormal / perverted / hentai / (slang) pervert
invariant quantity / invariant (math.)
function of a real variable (math.)
global warming
(lit. and fig.) chameleon
lit. calamity in one's armpit (idiom); a major coup happening on one's doorstep / trouble or danger in one's own backyard
fissionable material
global warming
to exchange labor / labor exchange (system of sharing workforce resources)
vertisol (soil taxonomy)
(idiom) to degenerate (morally); to become depraved
gear lever / stick shift
to become
decay curves
(Tw) (math.) dependent variable
voice change (at puberty) / to alter one's voice (deliberately) / to sound different (when angry etc)
(transformer) substation
gearbox / transmission
(music) accidental (symbol such as a sharp (♯), flat (♭), natural (♮) etc)
fusion-type weapon
frequency conversion
to change color / to discolor / to change countenance / to become angry
variable (math.)
to transform / to morph / to degenerate / metamorphosis / transmutation / transformation / decay / degeneration
lit. turning his hand palm up he gathers the clouds, turning his hand palm down he turns them to rain / very powerful and capable (idiom)
to meet a contingency; to adapt oneself to changes
constant / unvarying / (math.) invariant
fickle / (math.) multivariate
genetic mutation
pathological changes / lesion / diseased (kidney, cornea etc)
huge changes
gradual change / (graphic design) gradient
qualitative change / fundamental change
an unforeseen event / accident / misfortune
North China Incident of October-December 1935, a Japanese attempt to set up a puppet government in north China
to turn hostile suddenly / face changing, a device of Sichuan Opera, a dramatic change of attitude expressing fright, anger etc
Transformers (franchise)
variable
incident / unforeseen event / events (in general)
to denature / denaturation / to have a sex change / transsexual
to change irregularly / to fluctuate
to flow and change / development and change (of society)
to sell off (one's property)
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
coup d'état
to defect / to betray / to mutiny
(math.) argument / variable
to change shape in a single shake / fig. to take on a new lease of life
to grow old / to age / aging
pragmatic / flexible / to act differently in different situations / to accommodate to circumstances
mutiny / (Tw) to be dumped by one's girlfriend while serving in the army
great changes
to darken
to get worse / to degenerate
rheology
in an instant a myriad changes (idiom); rapid substantial change
to change dramatically / radical change
to have a change of weather (esp. for the worse) / (fig.) to experience a major upheaval; to undergo sweeping change
to realize (an asset); to liquidate; to sell for cash; to monetize
global warming (PRC usage) / written 全球暖化 in Taiwan
variant
to change suddenly; to change abruptly
tone sandhi / modified tone / (music) to change key / modulation
(physics) to undergo nuclear fission / (fig.) to break apart, forming smaller units; to fragment
fickle / mercurial / changeable / capricious / to be apt to change
changing circumstances / turbulent situation
changeable situation (idiom)
to change according to the situation (idiom); pragmatic
changeable / changing / varied / full of changes
marriage upheaval (infidelity, divorce etc) / marriage breakup
to change into / to turn into / to become

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