biàn

change, transform, alter; rebel

DEFINITIONS

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

WORDS

ái biàn to become cancerous; transformation to malignancy (of body cells)
皖南事 wǎn nán shì biàn New Fourth Army Incident of 1940, involving fighting between the Nationalists and Communists
盧溝橋事 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]
瞬息萬 shùn xī wàn biàn in an instant a myriad changes (idiom); rapid substantial change
積分換 jī fēn biàn huàn integral transform (math.)
tū biàn sudden change; mutation
株 tū biàn zhū mutant; mutant strain (of virus)
理論 tū biàn lǐ lùn (math.) catastrophe theory
窮則思 qióng zé sī biàn when you hit bottom, you have to come up with a new approach (idiom)
壓線 děng biàn yā xiàn isallobar (line of equal pressure gradient)
節哀順 jié āi shùn biàn restrain your grief, accept fate (condolence phrase)
維新法 wéi xīn biàn fǎ Hundred Days Reform (1898), failed attempt to reform the Qing dynasty
緊急應 jǐn jí yìng biàn emergency management
置換突 zhì huàn tū biàn missense mutation
翻手為雲覆手雨 fān shǒu wéi yún fù shǒu biàn yǔ lit. turning his hand palm up he gathers the clouds, turning his hand palm down he turns them to rain; very powerful and capable (idiom)
jù biàn fusion (physics)
反應 jù biàn fǎn yìng nuclear fusion
武器 jù biàn wǔ qì fusion-type weapon
聯合國氣候化框架公約 lián hé guó qì hòu biàn huà kuàng jià gōng yuē United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
量 zì biàn liàng (math.) independent variable
華北事 huá běi shì biàn North China Incident of October-December 1935, a Japanese attempt to set up a puppet government in north China
不離其宗 wàn biàn bù lí qí zōng many superficial changes but no departure from the original stand (idiom); plus ça change, plus ça reste la mème chose
蘆溝橋事 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]
不驚 chǔ biàn bù jīng to remain calm in the face of events (idiom)
蛻化質 tuì huà biàn zhì to degenerate (morally) (idiom); to become depraved