created sense approved 变法/變法 · biànfǎ · political reform — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
变法 / 變法
biànfǎ
political reform
major political or legal reform; historically refers to top-down institutional changes such as those led by [[商鞅|商鞅|shang1 yang1]] or the [[戊戌变法|戊戌變法|wu4 xu1 bian4 fa3]] in 1898
变 (literal) → 变/變 · biàn · to change 法 (literal) → 法 · fǎ · law
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created sense approved 变法/變法 · biànfǎ · to change methods — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
变法 / 變法
biànfǎ
to change methods
to change a way of doing things or use an unconventional method
变, 法
变 (literal) → 变/變 · biàn · to change 法 (literal) → 法 · fǎ · method
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