complete change from the old rut (idiom); dramatic change of direction; a volte-face; to change old practices
trad. 一改故轍
Also written 一改故轍【yī gǎi gù zhé】
Characters in this word
4一
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one, single, a (article), as soon as, entire; whole; all; throughout, "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1), also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
- Pinyin
- yī
- Strokes
- 1
- Frequency
- 158 of 2500
改
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to change, to alter, to transform, to correct
- Pinyin
- gǎi
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 3162 of 2500
故
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happening, instance, reason, cause, intentional, former, old, friend, therefore, hence, (of people) to die, dead
- Pinyin
- gù
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 17793 of 2500
辙
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rut; track of a wheel (Taiwan pr. [che4]), (coll.) the direction of traffic, a rhyme (of a song, poem etc), (dialect) (usu. after 有[you3] or 沒|没[mei2]) way; idea
- Pinyin
- zhé
- Traditional
- 轍
- Strokes
- 16