巨变 (jù biàn) — tremendous changes; great changes | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

tremendous changesgreat changes

Examples

，巨变。
Zhè jǐ nián, zhè ge chéng shì jīng lì le fān tiān fù dì de jù biàn.
In recent years, this city has undergone earth-shaking changes.
，巨变。
Gǎi gé kāi fàng yǐ lái, zhōng guó shè huì fā shēng le shēn kè de jù biàn.
Since the reform and opening up, Chinese society has undergone profound changes.
巨变。
Zhè cì zhèng cè de jù biàn ràng suǒ yǒu rén dōu méi xiǎng dào.
The great change in this policy caught everyone by surprise.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

巨 (huge) + 变 (change): a very large change.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 變; 变 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

攴攴pū

Sound part声符shēngfú

䜌

䜌䜌變biàn

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 變 uses 䜌 as a sound part and 攴 as a meaning part.

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