变革 biàngé to transform
to transform; to change
How to remember 变革: 变 change + 革 leather = to transform.
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How it is used
- 'To transform / reform (fundamentally)' - 社会变革 (shèhuì biàngé) social transformation, 制度变革 institutional change.
- Implies deep, structural change of systems or society; weightier than 改变 and more sweeping than 改革 (reform), which is more measured.