lit. change to more severe (idiom); to become more intense (esp. of shortcoming); to aggravate; to intensify
trad. 變本加厲
Also written 變本加厲【biàn běn jiā lì】
Characters in this word
4变
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to change, to become different, to transform, to vary, rebellion
- Pinyin
- biàn
- Traditional
- 變
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 1186 of 2500
本
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(bound form) root; stem, (bound form) origin; source, (bound form) one's own; this, (bound form) this; the current (year etc), (bound form) original, (bound form) inherent, originally; initially, capital; principal, classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
- Pinyin
- běn
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 799 of 2500
加
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Canada (abbr. for 加拿大[Jia1 na2 da4]), surname Jia
- Pinyin
- Jiā
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 1517 of 2500
厉
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surname Li
- Pinyin
- Lì
- Traditional
- 厲
- Strokes
- 5