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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

[gǎi]
  1. 1. verb [改变] change
  2. 2. verb [修改] alter
  3. 3. verb [改正] correct

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

[gǎi]
  1. 1. verb change; transform
    几年没来,这儿完全样了。
    I've been away for only a few years, but the place has completely changed.
    洼地为稻田
    transform lowlands into paddy fields
  2. 2. verb alter; revise
    他写完这篇文章以后,又
    After he finished writing the essay he made a few more changes in it.
  3. 3. verb correct; rectify; put right
    作业
    correct students' homework or papers
    有错误一定要
    Any mistakes you've made must be corrected.
  4. 4. verb (followed by a verb) switch over to (doing something else)
    用良种
    begin to use improved varieties
    他现在踢左后卫。
    He's playing left-back now.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

[gǎi]
  1. 1. 变更;更换
    开会时间
    这片大田种蔬菜
    朝令夕
  2. 2.
    一定要掉这个毛病
    邪归正
  3. 3.
    衣服大了可以

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go over students' written exercises; correct papers
他写完这篇文章以后,又
After he finished writing the essay he made a few more changes in it.
一年两造为一年三造
change from two crops a year to three
他抽烟的毛病总也不了。
He'll never give up his bad habit of smoking.
犯错误是难免的,你认真了就好了。
Mistakes are hard to avoid, but if you correct them conscientiously, things will be all right.
他许家是三朝元老。朝换代,不了他许家的天下。
The Xus have been ranking officials in three succeeding regimes. Dynasties may change, but the Xus' power never wanes.
你应该自己的暴性子了。
You should think about changing your hot temper.
成天吃粗菜,今天个样吧。
We eat common vegetables all the time, let's have something else for a change today.

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