alter ⇒ 修改计划 xiūgǎi jìhuà → alter one's plans ⇒ 修改文章 xiūgǎi wénzhāng → revise an essay

revise

reform through hard labour

repent

correct

change

change ⇒ 我改变了主意。 Wǒ gǎibiànle zhǔyi. → I changed my mind.

correct oneself

improve

remarry ⇒ 在中国封建社会里,改嫁是不被容许的。 Zài Zhōngguó fēngjiàn shèhuì li, gǎijià shì bù bèi róngxǔ de. → Remarriage wasn't acceptable in feudal Chinese society.

mend one's ways

replace

correct ⇒ 他改正了文中的错字。 Tā gǎizhèngle wén zhōng de cuòzì. → He corrected the wrong characters in his essay. ⇒ 改正缺点 gǎizhèng quēdiǎn → mend one's ways

reshuffle ⇒ 政府改组 zhèngfǔ gǎizǔ → government reshuffle

( 重写 ) adapt ⇒ 将小说改编为电影 jiāng xiǎoshuō gǎibiān wéi diànyǐng → adapt a novel for the screen

( 改善 ) improve

change profession

( 指面貌 ) take on a new look ( pt took ) , pp taken ⇒ 城市的面貌改观了许多。 Chéngshì de miànmào gǎiguānle xǔduō. → The city has already taken on quite a new look.

improve

re-elect

( 指对自然 ) reclaim ⇒ 改造农田 gǎizào nóngtián → reclaim farmland

reform ⇒ 改革经济体制 gǎigé jīngjì tǐzhì → reform the economic system ⇒ 改革开放 gǎigé kāifàng → reform and opening up

alter

alter

falsify

falsify

make superficial changes

make a fresh start

turn over a new leaf

a change of regime

wipe the slate clean

turn over a new leaf

keep chopping and changing

make a clean break with the past