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Trad. 變化
- (intransitive) to change; to vary
- change; variation (CL:個|个[ge4])
Trad. 變天
- to have a change of weather (esp. for the worse)
- (fig.) to experience a major upheaval; to undergo sweeping change
Trad. 變工
- to exchange labor
- labor exchange (system of sharing workforce resources)
Trad. 變心
- to cease to feel a sense of loyalty (or gratitude etc) to sb or sth
- to fall out of love with sb
Trad. 變態
- to metamorphose (biology)
- abnormal
- perverted
- hentai
- (slang) pervert
Trad. 變文
- a popular form of narrative literature flourishing in the Tang Dynasty (618-907) with alternate prose and rhymed parts for recitation and singing (often on Buddhist themes)
Trad. 兵變
- mutiny
- (Tw) to be dumped by one's girlfriend while serving in the army
Trad. 變現
- to realize (an asset); to liquidate; to sell for cash; to monetize
Trad. 癌變
- to become cancerous
- transformation to malignancy (of body cells)
Trad. 變聲
- voice change (at puberty)
- to alter one's voice (deliberately)
- to sound different (when angry etc)
Trad. 變臉
- to turn hostile suddenly
- face changing, a device of Sichuan Opera, a dramatic change of attitude expressing fright, anger etc
Trad. 變色
- to change color
- to discolor
- to change countenance
- to become angry
Trad. 變裝
- to change clothes
- to dress up; to put on a costume; to cosplay
- to cross-dress
Trad. 變質
- to degenerate; to deteriorate
- (of food) to go bad; to go off
- (geology) metamorphism
Trad. 變身
- to undergo a transformation; to morph; to turn into
- transformed version of sb or sth; new incarnation
Trad. 變通
- pragmatic
- flexible
- to act differently in different situations
- to accommodate to circumstances
Trad. 慘變
- calamitous turn of events
- (of one's complexion) to change markedly due to shock, illness etc; to turn deathly pale
Trad. 裂變
- (physics) to undergo nuclear fission
- (fig.) to break apart, forming smaller units; to fragment
Trad. 蝶變
- (of a caterpillar etc) to metamorphose
- (fig.) to undergo a dramatic positive change (e.g. urban renewal, industrial reform, economic advance etc)
Trad. 蛻變
- to transform
- to morph
- to degenerate
- metamorphosis
- transmutation
- transformation
- decay
- degeneration
Trad. 變化球
- (baseball) breaking ball
- (fig.) curveball; unexpected turn of events
Trad. 變化音
- (music) accidental (a note foreign to the key signature)
Trad. 變形蟲
- amoeba
- (fig.) sb or sth that is highly adaptable or changeable
Trad. 變態辣
- (coll.) insanely spicy (the highest level of spiciness on a menu)
Trad. 變把戲
- to perform magic
- to do magic tricks
- prestidigitation
Trad. 變溫層
- thermocline
- troposphere (nonstandard synonym of 對流層|对流层[dui4 liu2 ceng2])
Trad. 災變說
- catastrophism (theory that geological changes are brought about by catastrophes such as the biblical flood)
Trad. 災變論
- catastrophism
- the theory that geological change is caused by catastrophic events such as the Biblical flood
Trad. 黃巾民變
- the Yellow Turbans Peasant Uprising at the end of later Han (from 184)
Trad. 權變理論
- contingency theory (theory of leadership)
Trad. 亙古不變
- unchanging since times immemorial (idiom)
- unalterable
- unvarying
- monotonous
Trad. 不識時變
- to show no understanding of the times (idiom); cannot adapt to current circumstances
- not amenable to reason
Trad. 戊戌政變
- coup by Dowager Empress Cixi 慈禧太后[Ci2 xi3 tai4 hou4] ending the 1898 attempt to reform the Qing dynasty
Trad. 戊戌變法
- Hundred Days Reform (1898), failed attempt to reform the Qing dynasty
Trad. 變化多端
- changeable
- changing
- varied
- full of changes
Trad. 全球變暖
- global warming (PRC usage)
- written 全球暖化 in Taiwan
Trad. 拒腐防變
- to fight corruption and forestall moral degeneration
Trad. 七七事變
- Marco Polo Bridge Incident of 7th July 1937, regarded as the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War 抗日戰爭|抗日战争[Kang4 Ri4 Zhan4 zheng1]
Trad. 隨機應變
- to change according to the situation (idiom); pragmatic