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改造

Mandarin · pinyin gǎi zào

to transform
to reform
to remodel
to remold

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改: gǎi · change, alter; improve, remodel
造: zào · construct, build, make, begin; prepare

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3–4 · gai3 zao4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

goi2 zou6

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verb

(transitive) to transform; to remodel
(transitive) to reform (a person's thinking); to rehabilitate; to remould

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