变 biàn

change, transform, alter; rebel

HSK 3 #225

DEFINITIONS

  • change, transform, alter
  • rebel
  • to change
  • to become different
  • to transform
  • to vary
  • rebellion

STROKES

WORDS

权变 quán biàn to do whatever is expedient
权变理论 quán biàn lǐ lùn contingency theory (theory of leadership)
民变 mín biàn mass uprising; popular revolt; civil commotion
民变峰起 mín biàn fēng qǐ seething discontent (idiom); widespread popular grievances
气候变化 qì hòu biàn huà climate change
没大改变 méi dà gǎi biàn not significantly changed
流变 liú biàn to flow and change; development and change (of society)
流变学 liú biàn xué rheology
流变能力 liú biàn néng lì rheology
灾变 zāi biàn catastrophe; cataclysmic change
灾变说 zāi biàn shuō catastrophism (theory that geological changes are brought about by catastrophes such as the biblical flood)
灾变论 zāi biàn lùn catastrophism; the theory that geological change is caused by catastrophic events such as the Biblical flood
热核聚变反应 rè hé jù biàn fǎn yìng thermonuclear fusion reaction
玄武门之变 xuán wǔ mén zhī biàn Xuanwu gate coup of June 626 in early Tang, in which Li Shimin 李世民 killed his brothers, seized the throne from his father as Emperor Taizong 唐太宗
甲申政变 jiǎ shēn zhèng biàn unsuccessful and bloody Korean palace coup in 1884 by Westernisers against conservatives, crushed by Qing troops
皖南事变 wǎn nán shì biàn New Fourth Army Incident of 1940, involving fighting between the Nationalists and Communists
卢沟桥事变 lú gōu qiáo shì biàn 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]
积分变换 jī fēn biàn huàn integral transform (math.)
突变株 tū biàn zhū mutant; mutant strain (of virus)
突变理论 tū biàn lǐ lùn (math.) catastrophe theory
穷则思变 qióng zé sī biàn when you hit bottom, you have to come up with a new approach (idiom)
等变压线 děng biàn yā xiàn isallobar (line of equal pressure gradient)
节哀顺变 jié āi shùn biàn restrain your grief, accept fate (condolence phrase)
维新变法 wéi xīn biàn fǎ Hundred Days Reform (1898), failed attempt to reform the Qing dynasty
紧急应变 jǐn jí yìng biàn emergency management
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