改頭換面

goi2 tau4 wun6 min6

to change outwardly while remaining essentially the same (derog.) (idiom) · (Tw) (non-derogatory) to change considerably · to undergo a transformation

2 Written Forms

Meanings

  1. to change outwardly while remaining essentially the same (derog.) (idiom)
  2. (Tw) (non-derogatory) to change considerably
  3. to undergo a transformation

Written Forms

改頭換面Traditional · Main Form
改头换面Alternate Form

CC-Canto and the CC-CEDICT Cantonese readings are copyright (c) 2015-17 Pleco Software Incorporated, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. CC-CEDICT is copyright its maintainers, with portions from the original CEDICT database copyright (c) 1997, 1998 Paul Andrew Denisowski, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.

Filtered, regrouped by canonical lemma, and reformatted as an immutable web projection. Source gloss text is not rewritten.

View Source CC BY-SA 3.0