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善變

简善变 · 繁善變

Mandarin · pinyin shàn biàn

fickle
mercurial
changeable
capricious
to be apt to change

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善: shàn · good, virtuous, charitable, kind
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变: biàn · change, transform, alter; rebel

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4–4 · shan4 bian4

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sin6 bin3

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verb

to be changeable; to be prone or apt to change; to be mercurial; to be capricious; to be fickle

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