1. (baseball) breaking ball2. (fig.) curveball; unexpected turn of events
to try by all available methods
1. thermocline2. troposphere (nonstandard synonym of 对流层[duì liú céng])
(automobile) torque converter
(electronics) variable resistor; rheostat
to perform magical tricks
Marco Polo Bridge Incident of 7th July 1937, regarded as the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War 抗日战争[kàng rì zhàn zhēng]
1. to show no understanding of the times (idiom); cannot adapt to current circumstances2. not amenable to reason
1. fixed price2. constant price
to suddenly change color showing displeasure, bewilderment etc
1. chemical change2. chemical transformation
constantly changing, ever-varying (idiom)
coup by Dowager Empress Cixi 慈禧太后[cí xǐ tài hòu] ending the 1898 attempt to reform the Qing dynasty
Hundred Days Reform (1898), failed attempt to reform the Qing dynasty
to fight corruption and forestall moral degeneration
New Fourth Army Incident of 1940, involving fighting between the Nationalists and Communists
(idiom) when you hit bottom, you have to come up with a new approach
restrain your grief, accept fate (condolence phrase)
(idiom) to degenerate (morally); to become depraved
Xi'an Incident of 12th December 1936 (kidnap of Chiang Kai-shek 蒋介石[jiǎng jiè shí])
understanding and adaptable
1. allergic response2. allergy
poikilothermal (cold-blooded) animal
1. lit. calamity in one's armpit (idiom); a major coup happening on one's doorstep2. trouble or danger in one's own backyard
1. to change color and alter one's expression (idiom); to go white with fear2. out of one's wits
1. to change positions2. to shift one's ground
to adapt to circumstances
1. the Mukden or Manchurian Railway Incident of 18th September 1931 used by the Japanese as a pretext to annex Manchuria2. also known as Liutiaogou incident 柳条沟事变
1. lit. a girl changes eighteen times between childhood and womanhood (idiom)2. fig. a young woman is very different from the little girl she once was
卢沟桥事变 盧溝橋事變 lú gōu qiáo shì biàn Marco Polo Bridge Incident of 7th July 1937, regarded as the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War 抗日战争[kàng rì zhàn zhēng]
国际日期变更线 國際日期變更線 guó jì rì qī biàn gēng xiàn international date line
1. (of a caterpillar etc) to metamorphose2. (fig.) to undergo a dramatic positive change (e.g. urban renewal, industrial reform, economic advance etc)
1. modulation2. to modulate (electronics)
1. (math.) argument2. variable
1. variation (calculus)2. deformation
1. to exchange labor2. labor exchange (system of sharing workforce resources)
a popular form of narrative literature flourishing in the Tang Dynasty (618-907) with alternate prose and rhymed parts for recitation and singing (often on Buddhist themes)
to come to life (by magic)
(of an electronic device) to brick; to become inoperable
1. to change clothes2. to dress up; to put on a costume; to cosplay3. to cross-dress