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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 improve; to make better / improvement / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to transform / to reform / to remodel / to remold
HSK 3
to make better; to improve / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
to correct / to amend / to put right / correction / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
reform / CL: , 種|种, 項|项 / to reform
HSK 5
to change one's costume / to repackage / to remodel / to refit / to modify / to convert
HSK 6
to adapt / to rearrange / to revise
HSK 7-9
to revise the current edition / revised edition
HSK 7-9
to improve (sth) / to reform (a system)
HSK 7-9
to change into
HSK 7-9
to rename
HSK 7-9
another day / some other day
HSK 7-9
to mend one's ways (idiom) / to turn over a new leaf
HSK 7-9
to reform and open to the outside world / refers to Deng Xiaoping's policies from around 1980
HSK 7-9
to alter / to modify / to revise
HSK 7-9
to rebuild / to transform (a building) / to refurbish
to change over to / to switch to / to use (sth different)
to change profession
to reorganize / to restructure
change of appearance / to revise one's point of view
to correct one's errors; to mend one's ways
(law) to amend a judgment; to commute / (in a contest or exam) to change the original decision or score
to change (sth) / to alter (sth) / to change over (to sth else)
to remarry (of a woman)
to revise / to edit
to change an emperor's or ruler's reign title (old)
to change outwardly while remaining essentially the same (derog.) (idiom) / (Tw) (non-derogatory) to change considerably / to undergo a transformation
to correct an error
to reform and start afresh (idiom); to turn over a new leaf
reelection / to reelect
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 reorganize / to reshuffle (posts etc)
to change a name / to rename
to transition to a new dynasty or regime
to correct (a bad habit etc)
Gerze county in Ngari prefecture, Tibet, Tibetan: Sger rtse rdzong
to reschedule / to rearrange (e.g. a meeting) / to postpone
to revise (text, plan etc)
change of string, move out of rut (idiom); dramatic change of direction / to dance to a different tune
to improve one's family's social status by moving up in the world / to switch one's allegiance to a new patron
to mend one's ways
to deny / to go back on one's word
to change; to modify
to convert / to turn into (sth else) / to adapt (a story to another medium)
reformer
to revise a manuscript
to change one's reservation / to transfer to a different flight, airline, bus or train
to make modifications to a product's model or design
to edit a picture; to modify an image / (literary) to change one's plans
the reformist party
reformer
to improve relations
to correct (improve) a translation
to cut food into a specific size or shape (strips, slices or cubes etc) / (dialect) screwdriver
to transition to a new dynasty
turn away from evil and follow virtue
to change profession or business
to alter one's fate / to improve one's luck (e.g. by changing one's name or phone number)
to convert (to another religion)
Gerze county in Ngari prefecture, Tibet, Tibetan: Sger rtse rdzong
a gift of money given by parents on both sides after a wedding, to their new daughter-in-law or son-in-law
to improve communications
another day / some other time / to find another day (for appointment etc) / to take a rain check
to switch from one major or faculty to another (at a university)
to change completely
to improve water quality
reformism (i.e. favoring gradual change as opposed to revolution)
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 change route / to divert (a road or a watercourse)
screwdriver / CL:
(of an entity) to come under the administration of (a different authority)


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