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變本加厲

简变本加厉 · 繁變本加厲

Mandarin · pinyin biàn běn jiā lì

lit. change to more severe (idiom); to become more intense (esp. of shortcoming)
to aggravate
to intensify

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4–3–1–4 · bian4 ben3 jia1 li4

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bin3 bun2 gaa1 lai6

Cantonese word readings for 變本加厲. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

bin3 bun2 gaa1 lai6

Pleco · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Word reading; meanings not aligned.

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to get worse; to become aggravated; to intensify one's effort to do something wrong