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变本加厉
biàn běn jiā lì
What 变本加厉 means
- lit. change to more severe (idiom); to become more intense (esp. of shortcoming)
- to aggravate
- to intensify
The characters in 变本加厉
- 变biànto change; to become different; to transform
- 本běn(bound form) root; stem; (bound form) origin; source; (bound form) one's own; this
- 加jiāto add; (math) plus; to increase; to augment
- 厉lìstrict; severe
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