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Chinese dictionary
- 1
v.become different; change
他的头发一夜之间变白了。
His hair turned white overnight.
天气忽然大变。
The weather suddenly changed dramatically.
这个地方变了样。
The place looks quite different now.
- 2
adj.changeable; changed
变数
variable
变态
metamorphosis
变种
variation
- 3
adj.be flexible; make changes according to specific conditions; stretch a point
变通
be flexible
通权达变
act as the occasion requires
- 4
n.unexpected turn of events; incident
政变
coup detat
变乱
social upheaval
事变
incident
- 5
v.sell off
变卖
sell off
- 6
popular form of narrative literature that flourished in the Tang Dynasty, with alternate lines of prose and poetry for recitation and singing
变文
a form of narrative literature that flourished in the Tang Dynasty
Words and phrases with 变
- 变速[word]change speed
- 变故[word]accident
- 变细[word]attenuation
- 变量[word]variable
- 变质[word]go bad; metamorphism
- 变味[word]revert; depart from the original spirit, feature, etc.
- 变色[word]discolor; become angry
- 变速箱[word]gearbox
- 变化[word]change in the state or nature of things;change
- 变化无穷[idiom]with countless changes
- 变幻莫测[idiom]changeable
- 变名易姓[idiom]change one's name
- 变生不测[idiom]change suddenly and unexpectedly
- 变本加厉[idiom]be further intensified
- 变幻无常[idiom]change all the time
- 变化无常[idiom]constantly changing
- 变化多端[idiom]be the most changeful
- 变生肘腋[idiom]trouble brewing in one's own backyard