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HSK
to change into / to turn into / to become
to stiffen
Transformers (franchise)
to try by all available methods
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  *变* | 变* | *变
to change / to become different / to transform / to vary / rebellion
HSK 2
an unforeseen event / accident / misfortune
to realize (an asset); to liquidate; to sell for cash; to monetize
to change irregularly / to fluctuate
gearbox / speed changer / gear
(biology) a mutation; a variety / a variant; a variety
to transform / to change
HSK 7-9
to appraise at the current rate
to perform conjuring tricks / to conjure / to juggle
to transform / to convert / to vary / to alternate / a transformation
HSK 6
to change speed / to shift gear / variable-speed
changes / vicissitudes
HSK 7-9
to redden
(intransitive) to change; to vary / change; variation (CL:個|个)
HSK 3
to metamorphose (biology) / abnormal / perverted / hentai / (slang) pervert
to change clothes / to dress up; to put on a costume; to cosplay / to cross-dress
to change lanes
variation
HSK 7-9
variation (calculus) / deformation
to undergo a transformation; to morph; to turn into / transformed version of sb or sth; new incarnation
to change color / to discolor / to change countenance / to become angry
unpredictable / changeable
to change into
HSK 3
(photography) zoom
frequency conversion
(baseball) breaking ball / (fig.) curveball; unexpected turn of events
poikilothermal (cold-blooded) animal
to become warm
betrayal / defection / turncoat / to change sides politically
change management (business)
power transformation
(automobile) torque converter
to cease to feel a sense of loyalty (or gratitude etc) to sb or sth / to fall out of love with sb
to denature / denaturation / to have a sex change / transsexual
to grow old / to age / aging
to change into / to turn into / to become
HSK 2
(math.) transformation group
variable star
variant
lit. change to more severe (idiom); to become more intense (esp. of shortcoming) / to aggravate / to intensify
tone sandhi / modified tone / (music) to change key / modulation
(music) accidental (symbol such as a sharp (♯), flat (♭), natural (♮) etc)
to perform magical tricks
calculus of variations (math.)
to get worse / to degenerate
drag show; cross-dressing show
thermocline / troposphere (nonstandard synonym of 對流層|对流层)
to change / to fluctuate / change / fluctuation
HSK 5
to change (appearance) / to change shape
amoeba / (fig.) sb or sth that is highly adaptable or changeable
variable factor; uncertainties / (math.) a variable
(transformer) substation
to turn into
to change / to alter / to modify
HSK 6
to alter / to modify / to mutilate (of documents)
to become
case change (in grammar)
(lit. and fig.) chameleon
to darken
variation
to become deformed; to change shape; to morph
HSK 6
gear lever / stick shift
changeable / changing / varied / full of changes
variation (music)
variant Creutzfeldt-Jacobs disease, vCJD
(music) accidental (a note foreign to the key signature)
to change one's mind / to go back on one's word
to revert / to change back into
changing circumstances / turbulent situation
to change unpredictably / unpredictable / erratic / treacherous
HSK 7-9
to perform magic / to do magic tricks / prestidigitation
(photography) zoom ring
variant / variant strain (of virus)
rheostat (variable resistor)
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)
voice change (at puberty) / to alter one's voice (deliberately) / to sound different (when angry etc)
to soften
to come to life (by magic)
(idiom) changeable; fickle
transformer
allergic response / allergy
variational principle (physics)
to sell one's estate
variable (math.)
to degenerate; to deteriorate / (of food) to go bad; to go off / (geology) metamorphism
HSK 7-9
to change gear
capo
pragmatic / flexible / to act differently in different situations / to accommodate to circumstances
gearbox / transmission
to change the laws / political reform / unconventional method
liquidity; marketability
in disguised form / covert
to turn hostile suddenly / face changing, a device of Sichuan Opera, a dramatic change of attitude expressing fright, anger etc
cross-dresser
to sell off (one's property)
metamorphic rock (geology)

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