改头换面

zhè zhǐ shì xíng shì shang de gǎi tóu huàn miàn shí jì réng shì lǎo nèi róng

这只是形式上的改头换面，实际仍是老内容。

The form has changed but the substance remains the same.

tā bǎ bié rén zhù zuò zhōng de huà gǎi tóu huàn miàn dāng chéng zì jǐ de yì jiàn

他把别人著作中的话改头换面当成自己的意见。

He took pieces of another author's works, changed them around a little, and then tried to pass them off as his own ideas.

tā yǐ qián hěn lǎn dàn tā yǐ jīng gǎi tóu huàn miàn

他以前很懒，但他已经改头换面。

He used to be quite lazy, but he has turned over a new live.

tā zhǐ shì bǎ tóng gè gù shi gǎi tóu huàn miàn le yī xià

他只是把同个故事改头换面了一下。

He simply rehashed the same story.