- 戊戌变法 wùxūbiànfǎ Hundred Days ReformA failed attempt to reform the Qing dynasty in 1898 led by Kang Youwei and Liang Qichao; it lasted 103 days before being crushed by conservative forces led by Empress Dowager Cixi.
- 商鞅变法 shāngyāngbiànfǎ Shang Yang's reformsThe political and economic reforms of the Qin state in 356 BC and 350 BC, which strengthened the state and paved the way for the eventual unification of China
- 变法儿 biànfǎr to try different waysto try every available method; to think of all possible ways to do something
- 维新变法 wéixīnbiànfǎ Hundred Days ReformHundred Days Reform of 1898; a failed 103-day political and educational reform movement during the late Qing dynasty