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  *改* | 改* | *改
to change / to alter / to transform / to correct
HSK 2
to change / to alter / to transform
HSK 2
to correct / to amend / to put right / correction / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
to transform / to reform / to remodel / to remold
HSK 3
reform / CL: , 種|种, 項|项 / to reform
HSK 5
to improve; to make better / improvement / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to change one's costume / to repackage / to remodel / to refit / to modify / to convert
HSK 6
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
(of an entity) to come under the administration of (a different authority)
another day / some other day
HSK 7-9
to adapt / to rearrange / to revise
HSK 7-9
to revise the current edition / revised edition
HSK 7-9
to transition to a new dynasty or regime
to improve (sth) / to reform (a system)
HSK 7-9
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 correct (a bad habit etc)
to convert (to another religion)
to rebuild / to transform (a building) / to refurbish
to mend one's ways (idiom) / to turn over a new leaf
HSK 7-9
reformer
the reformist party
to alter / to modify / to revise
HSK 7-9
to rename
HSK 7-9
to change over to / to switch to / to use (sth different)
turn away from evil and follow virtue
to change into
HSK 7-9
to change outwardly while remaining essentially the same (derog.) (idiom) / (Tw) (non-derogatory) to change considerably / to undergo a transformation
to reorganize / to reshuffle (posts etc)
to remarry (of a woman)
to change profession
Gerze county in Ngari prefecture, Tibet, Tibetan: Sger rtse rdzong
to reform and start afresh (idiom); to turn over a new leaf
to change an emperor's or ruler's reign title (old)
Gerze county in Ngari prefecture, Tibet, Tibetan: Sger rtse rdzong
to change route / to divert (a road or a watercourse)
change of string, move out of rut (idiom); dramatic change of direction / to dance to a different tune
Treaty of Saint Petersburg of 1881 in which Russia agreed to hand back Yili province to Qing China in exchange for compensation payment and unequal treaty rights
to deny / to go back on one's word
to reschedule / to rearrange (e.g. a meeting) / to postpone
to revise a manuscript
reelection / to reelect
to revise / to edit
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 improve one's family's social status by moving up in the world / to switch one's allegiance to a new patron
to alter one's fate / to improve one's luck (e.g. by changing one's name or phone number)
screwdriver / CL:
to correct (improve) a translation
reformer
to change (sth) / to alter (sth) / to change over (to sth else)
a gift of money given by parents on both sides after a wedding, to their new daughter-in-law or son-in-law
change of appearance / to revise one's point of view
to revise (text, plan etc)
to improve water quality
to convert / to turn into (sth else) / to adapt (a story to another medium)
to change profession or business
to change completely
to correct an error
to transition to a new dynasty
to switch from one major or faculty to another (at a university)
to change a name / to rename
to change one's reservation / to transfer to a different flight, airline, bus or train
to correct one's errors; to mend one's ways
reformism (i.e. favoring gradual change as opposed to revolution)
to mend one's ways
to cut food into a specific size or shape (strips, slices or cubes etc) / (dialect) screwdriver
to edit a picture; to modify an image / (literary) to change one's plans
(law) to amend a judgment; to commute / (in a contest or exam) to change the original decision or score
to change; to modify


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