變 biàn

change, transform, alter; rebel

DEFINITIONS

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

WORDS

一二八事變 yī èr bā shì biàn Shanghai Incident of 28th January 1932, Chinese uprising against Japanese quarters of Shanghai
一成不變 yī chéng bù biàn nothing much changes (idiom); always the same; stuck in a rut
七七事變 qī qī 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]
不識時變 bù shí shí biàn to show no understanding of the times (idiom); cannot adapt to current circumstances; not amenable to reason
不變 bù biàn constant; unvarying; (math.) invariant
不變價格 bù biàn jià gé fixed price; constant price
不變化 bù biàn huà invariably
不變資本 bù biàn zī běn constant capital
不變量 bù biàn liàng invariant quantity; invariant (math.)
丕變 pī biàn radical change
世界變暖 shì jiè biàn nuǎn global warming
九一八事變 jiǔ yī bā shì biàn the Mukden or Manchurian Railway Incident of 18th September 1931 used by the Japanese as a pretext to annex Manchuria; also known as Liutiaogou incident 柳條溝事變|柳条沟事变
事變 shì biàn incident; unforeseen event; events (in general)
亙古不變 gèn gǔ bù biàn unchanging since times immemorial (idiom); unalterable; unvarying; monotonous
交變 jiāo biàn half-period of a wave motion; alternation
交變流電 jiāo biàn liú diàn alternating current; same as 交流電|交流电
交變電流 jiāo biàn diàn liú alternating current (electricity)
俗隨時變 sú suí shí biàn customs change with time (idiom); other times, other manners; O Tempora, O Mores!
傅立葉變換 fù lì yè biàn huàn (math.) Fourier transform
全球氣候變暖 quán qiú qì hòu biàn nuǎn global warming
全球變暖 quán qiú biàn nuǎn global warming (PRC usage); written 全球暖化 in Taiwan
六二五事變 liù èr wǔ shì biàn Korean war (dating from North Korean invasion on 25th Jun 1950)
兵變 bīng biàn mutiny; (Tw) to be dumped by one's girlfriend while serving in the army
切變 qiē biàn shear (physics)
剪切形變 jiǎn qiē xíng biàn shearing; shear deformation
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