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变革

biàn gé

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 變革

变革 (biàn gé) means "to transform; to change". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 变革 means

1. to transform
2. to change

The characters in 变革

• 变biànto change; to become different; to transform
• 革géanimal hide; leather; to reform

Example sentences

• 已经过去了很长时间，但是今晚，由于我们今天在这场选举所采取的行动，在这个决定性的时候，变革来到了美国。
  Yǐjīng guòqù le hěn cháng shíjiān, dànshì jīnwǎn, yóuyú wǒmen jīntiān zài zhè chǎng xuǎnjǔ suǒ cǎiqǔ de xíngdòng, zài zhège juédìngxìng de shíhou, biàngé láidào le Měiguó.
  It's been a long time coming; but tonight, because of what we did on this day, in this election, at this defining moment, change has come to America.
• 今年，在这场选举中，她用手指触摸屏幕投下自己的选票，因为在美国生活了106年之后，经历了最好的时光和最黑暗的时刻之后，她知道美国如何能够发生变革。
  Jīnnián, zài zhè chǎng xuǎnjǔ zhōng, tā yòng shǒuzhǐ chùmōpíngmù tóu xià zìjǐ de xuǎnpiào, yīnwèi zài Měiguó shēnghuó le 106 nián zhīhòu, jīnglì le zuì hǎo de shíguāng hé zuì hēi'àn de shíkè zhīhòu, tā zhīdào Měiguó rúhé nénggòu fāshēng biàngé.
  And this year, in this election, she touched her finger to a screen, and cast her vote; because after 106 years in America, through the best of times and the darkest of hours, she knows how America can change.

Words starting with 变革

• 变革管理biàn gé guǎn lǐchange management (business)

Sounds the same

Read biàn gé, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 变格case change (in grammar)

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