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(of a person) to turn round / to face about / (of a widow) to remarry (archaic)
HSK 4
to change direction / fig. to change one's stance
HSK 5
to transfer (ownership, rights etc)
HSK 5
to shift; to relocate; to transfer / (fig.) to shift (attention); to change (the subject etc) / (medicine) to metastasize
HSK 4
to turn sth around / to swivel
HSK 4
to pass on / to communicate / to transmit
HSK 4
to change / to transform / shift / transformation / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to change over to; to shift to; to switch to
to change / to switch / to convert / to transform
HSK 5
to pass on / to convey / to communicate
HSK 7-9
to turn / to go around a corner
HSK 4
to change job or profession
chakravarti raja (emperor in Hindu mythology)
to turn one's head / in no time / in the twinkling of an eye
to change; to turn; to convert / (genetics) to transform / (chemistry) isomerization
HSK 5
to transfer (from one unit to another)
to roll / to wander around / to appear repeatedly
HSK 7-9
to rotate (about an axis) / to revolve / to turn / to move in a circle / to gyrate
HSK 6
to remarry (of widow) / to pass on (blame, cost, obligation, unpleasant consequence etc) / to transfer (blame, guilt) / to pass the buck
rotary drum
the following day; next day
to forward (a shipment) / to reprint sth published elsewhere / Taiwan pr. [zhuan3 zai4]
HSK 7-9
(of a student) to change schools; to transfer from one school to another
HSK 7-9
to pass on to sb / to carry and give to sb else
HSK 7-9
connecting flight
to pass on (stories) / to relate
relay / broadcast (on radio or TV)
HSK 7-9
to tack (of sailing ship) / to jibe / to go about
converter (rotary furnace in steelmaking)
shift in the trend of events / turnaround / plot shift in a book / turn in the conversation
HSK 7-9
genetically modified (GM) food
to transmit / to forward (mail, SMS, packets of data) / to pass on / to republish (an article from another publication)
amino transferase (enzyme)
in a flash / in the blink of an eye / to glance
HSK 7-9
to get lost / to lose one's way
to undergo fundamental change; to transition; to transform / to update (to a new model of product)
HSK 7-9
to parade by interspersing one's speech or writing with literary allusions / Taiwan pr. [zhuan3 wen2]
(Internet) to repost (Tw)
(idiom) in the wink of an eye; in a flash
transfer payment (payment from government or private sector for which no good or service is required in return)
debit card
transfer student
(to take) a turn for the better / to change planes
HSK 7-9
to transpose
to transfer / to change trains, buses etc
reincarnation (Buddhism)
to change production / to move over to new products
transfer fee / signing bonus / sign-on bonus
to transduce
to change profession
converter / transducer
to adapt for use for another purpose
to translate (to another language) / to convert
to transliterate; to transcribe / to transfer words onto a surface by direct contact (as with a decal)
turning point / breaking point
HSK 7-9
to transfer to full membership / to obtain tenure
to turn peril into safety (idiom); to avert a danger (esp. political or medical)
genetic modification
rotating disk / wheel / rotor / cycle of reincarnation in Buddhism
to change one's viewpoint / to turn from side to side (in bed)
(music) to change key / modulation / (of an employee) to be transferred to another post
in the twinkling of an eye / in a flash / to turn one's eyes
(computing) escape character
to roll over / to turn over (one's body)
to go on a trip
reincarnation or transmigration (Buddhism)
turn signal (auto.) / turning indicator
(idiom) fleeting; transitory
revolver (handgun)
to forward; to transfer; to transship / to have luck turn in one's favor
to make a detour / to go by way of
to change one's character or nature
to fight in one place after another
transform fault (geology)
in the blink of an eye
axis of rotation (mechanics) / spindle
the following year; next year
organ stop (button activating a row of pipes)
to transfer (a patient for treatment in a different hospital)
a turntable
past midnight
vehicle turn indicator light
to pass in an instant / over in the twinkling of an eye
to change one's profession / to transfer to civilian work
to pass on to
to have second thoughts about sth / to think better of
to turn one's back / to turn around / fig. change in a very short time
becoming acute / to exacerbate
bend in a street / corner / to turn a corner
moment of inertia (mechanics)
(linguistics) transferred meaning / (computing) to escape
to resell
to transfer / to change trains, buses etc
a turntable
Chakravarti raja (Sanskrit: King of Kings) / emperor in Hindu mythology
bicycle bell (with a rotating internal mechanism)
what the eye doesn't see the heart doesn't miss (idiom)
to quote from secondary source

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