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Chinese dictionary
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  • 1

    v.remould; reform; remake; transform

    • gǎi zào zì rán

      改造自然

      remake nature

    • jīng guò gǎi zào yán jiǎn dì nián nián fēng shōu

      经过改造盐碱地年年丰收

      After improvement, the salty land produced bumper harvests every year.

    • gǎi zào guó yǒu qǐ yè

      改造国有企业

      reform the state-owned enterprises

  • 2

    v.radically transform the old in order to meet the needs of a new situation

    • yòng xīn sī xiǎng lái gǎi zào qīng nián

      思想改造青年

      transform the youth with new ideas

    • gǎi zào guó mín jīng jì

      改造国民经济

      transform the national economy

  • 3

    v.reform (make someone change his behaviour and become a better person)

    • gǎi zào shào nián fàn

      改造少年犯

      rehabilitate young criminals

    • tā bèi sòng dào láo gǎi chǎng jiē shòu gǎi zào

      劳改接受改造

      He was sent to a labour camp for corrections

Word usage

  • Note
    "改造" is different from "改革". The objects of "改革" are generally limited to objective things; the objects of "改造" can be objective things or abstract things.