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變革

简变革 · 繁變革

Mandarin · pinyin biàn gé

to transform
to change

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革: gé · leather, animal hides; Kangxi radical 177; hexagram ䷰
变: biàn · change, transform, alter; rebel

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4–2 · bian4 ge2

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bin3 gaak3

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verb

(intransitive) to change (by itself, chiefly of social systems); to transform
(transitive) to change (something in some way, chiefly social systems); to transform

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