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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 into
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
changes / vicissitudes
HSK 7-9
to transform / to change
HSK 7-9
to change unpredictably / unpredictable / erratic / treacherous
HSK 7-9
variation
HSK 7-9
to become
to change clothes / to dress up; to put on a costume; to cosplay / to cross-dress
to undergo a transformation; to morph; to turn into / transformed version of sb or sth; new incarnation
variable factor; uncertainties / (math.) a variable
capo
to metamorphose (biology) / abnormal / perverted / hentai / (slang) pervert
(lit. and fig.) chameleon
vertisol (soil taxonomy)
gear lever / stick shift
(transformer) substation
gearbox / transmission
frequency conversion
to change color / to discolor / to change countenance / to become angry
variable (math.)
to change speed / to shift gear / variable-speed
an unforeseen event / accident / misfortune
to turn hostile suddenly / face changing, a device of Sichuan Opera, a dramatic change of attitude expressing fright, anger etc
Transformers (franchise)
to denature / denaturation / to have a sex change / transsexual
to change irregularly / to fluctuate
to sell off (one's property)
(math.) argument / variable
to alter / to modify / to mutilate (of documents)
to grow old / to age / aging
pragmatic / flexible / to act differently in different situations / to accommodate to circumstances
to darken
to get worse / to degenerate
voice change (at puberty) / to alter one's voice (deliberately) / to sound different (when angry etc)
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
variant
tone sandhi / modified tone / (music) to change key / modulation
changing circumstances / turbulent situation
changeable / changing / varied / full of changes
to change into / to turn into / to become
to change one's mind / to go back on one's word
to cease to feel a sense of loyalty (or gratitude etc) to sb or sth / to fall out of love with sb
gearbox / speed changer / gear
variation (music)
to perform magical tricks
to change (appearance) / to change shape
to appraise at the current rate
betrayal / defection / turncoat / to change sides politically
converter
unpredictable / changeable
variation
variable star
turmoil / social upheaval
to exchange labor / labor exchange (system of sharing workforce resources)
to sell one's estate
calculus of variations
amoeba / (fig.) sb or sth that is highly adaptable or changeable
to perform magic / to do magic tricks / prestidigitation
lit. calamity in one's armpit (idiom); a major coup happening on one's doorstep / trouble or danger in one's own backyard
modified fifth note of the pentatonic scale
zoom lens
to change color and alter one's expression (idiom); to go white with fear / out of one's wits
troposphere / lower atmosphere
variant / variant strain (of virus)
erhua variant of 變樣|变样
to try by all available methods
rheostat (variable resistor)
change management (business)
(baseball) breaking ball / (fig.) curveball; unexpected turn of events
drag queen
(photography) zoom
to darken
to change gear
to redden
(coll.) insanely spicy
to soften
liquidity; marketability
to thicken
(photography) zoom ring
cross-dresser
to become revisionist
to turn into
rebel soldier
variation (calculus) / deformation
variational principle (physics)
calculus of variations (math.)
(idiom) changeable; fickle
(music) accidental (a note foreign to the key signature)
to revert / to change back into
transformer
allergic response / allergy
to perform conjuring tricks / to conjure / to juggle

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