gǎi biān
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  • 1

    v.adapt; revise

    • zhè zhī gē yǐ gǎi biān chéng gāng qín qǔ

      改编钢琴曲

      The music of the song has been rearranged (or adapted) for the piano.

    • biān jù bāng zhù tā jiāng qí suǒ zhù xiǎo shuō gǎi biān chéng diàn yǐng

      编剧帮助小说改编电影

      The scriptwriter helped her to adapt her novel for the screen.

  • 2

    v.reorganize; redesignate; (usually of a military unit) change the organizational structure

    • nà zhī qǐ yì bù duì yǐ jīng bèi gǎi biān le

      起义部队已经改编

      That insurrectionary army was redesignated.

    • quán jūn bèi gǎi biān wéi shí gè jūn qū

      全军改编军区

      The national armed forces were reorganized into ten military commands.

Chinese words with pinyin gai bian