改口

goi2 hau2

to change one's tune · to modify one's previous remark · to change the way one addresses sb (as when one marries and starts to call one's husband's parents 爸爸[ba4 ba5]{baa1 baa1} and 媽媽|妈妈[ma1 ma5]{maa1 maa1})

Meanings

  1. to change one's tune
  2. to modify one's previous remark
  3. to change the way one addresses sb (as when one marries and starts to call one's husband's parents 爸爸[ba4 ba5]{baa1 baa1} and 媽媽|妈妈[ma1 ma5]{maa1 maa1})

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