Change & Process
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- 搁浅gē qiǎn(of a ship) to run aground, be stranded; (figurative) to stall, to be deadlocked (of plans, negotiations, etc.)HSK 7-9
- 断开duàn kāito sever (a connection, a link); to break apart (a physical object)HSK 7-9
- 未了wèi liǎounfinished; not yet completed; pending; still in suspenseHSK 7-9
- 落幕luò mù(literal, theater) the curtain falls; (figurative) to conclude, to come to an end (of an event, exhibition, era)HSK 7-9
- 销声匿迹xiāo shēng nì jì(idiom) to disappear from public view, to go into hiding, to lie lowHSK 7-9
- 一刀两断yī dāo liǎng duànto make a clean break; to end a relationship or connection decisively and permanentlyHSK 7-9
- 养成yǎng chéngto cultivate (a habit); to develop (a quality, ability)HSK 4
- 增进zēng jìnto enhance, to promoteHSK 5
- 日渐rì jiàngradually (formal, literary; often implies day-by-day progression)HSK 7-9
- 消退xiāo tuìto wane; to recede; to fade awayHSK 7-9
- 现代化xiàn dài huàto modernizeHSK 5
- 迁移qiān yíto migrate (of people, animals, or data/systems)HSK 7-9
- 凝结níng jiéto condense (gas to liquid); to solidify (liquid to solid); to crystallize (of ideas, consensus)HSK 7-9
- 定型dìng xíngto finalize a design; to set a fixed pattern; to standardizeHSK 7-9
- 开拓kāi tuò(verb) to open up, to reclaim (land, territory, frontiers); (verb figurative) to pioneer, to break new ground, to expand (markets, horizons, fields)HSK 7-9
- 截断jié duànto sever, to cut off (something physical so that it breaks); to interrupt, to block (a process, signal, supply, or conversation)HSK 7-9
- 跌落diē luò(of a person or object) to fall (from a height); (of status, price, reputation, etc.) to drop, to declineHSK 7-9
- 转型zhuǎn xíngto transform, to undergo fundamental change (in structure, model, or system)HSK 7-9
- 面目全非miàn mù quán fēi(idiom) to change beyond recognition; to be completely alteredHSK 7-9
- 下跌xià diēto fall (of prices, numbers, or levels); to declineHSK 7-9
- 临头lín tóuto befall; to happen (of something bad); to be imminentHSK 7-9
- 变样biàn yàngto change in appearance, to look different, to be transformedHSK 7-9
- 垮台kuǎ táito fall from power; to collapse (of a regime, government, or organization)HSK 7-9
- 收紧shōu jǐnto tighten up; to tightenHSK 7-9
- 放宽fàng kuānto relax, to ease (rules, restrictions, limits)HSK 7-9
- 毁于一旦huǐ yú yī dànto be destroyed in an instant (of accumulated achievements, reputation, etc.)HSK 7-9
- 变色biàn sèto change color, discolor, fade; to change countenance (turn pale)HSK 7-9
- 堕duòto fall; to drop (physically); to sink; to degenerate (morally)HSK 7-9
- 撤掉chè diàoto tear off, to remove (physically); to dismiss, to depose (from an office or position); to cancel, to scrap (a policy, plan, etc.)HSK 7-9
- 改用gǎi yòngto change the use of; to switch to using (something else)HSK 7-9
- 汇聚huì jùto converge, to come togetherHSK 7-9
- 转为zhuǎichange toHSK 7-9
- 震荡zhèn dàngto shake, to jolt (physically or figuratively)HSK 7-9
- 上马shàng mǎto mount a horse; to start (a project, undertaking, etc.)HSK 7-9
- 没落mò luòto decline (of a family, dynasty, culture, etc.); to waneHSK 7-9
- 沦为lún wéito be reduced to (a worse state), to degenerate intoHSK 7-9
- 灰飞烟灭huī fēi yān(idiom) to be annihilated; to vanish into thin airHSK 7-9
- 爬升pá shēngto ascend, to climb (especially of aircraft or gradual incline); to be promoted, to rise in position (figurative)HSK 7-9
- 破除pò chúto eliminate, to do away with, to get rid of (abstract things like superstition, old ideas, obstacles)HSK 7-9
- 葬送zàng sòngto ruin, to destroy (one's future, hopes, career, etc.)HSK 7-9
- 衰落shuāi luòto decline, to wane, to go downhillHSK 7-9
- 驱除qū chúto drive out, to eliminateHSK 7-9
- 停工tíng gōngto stop work, to shut down (operations)HSK 7-9
- 多样化duō yàng huà(verb) to diversify; to make varied; (noun) diversity; diversificationHSK 7-9
- 开辟kāi pìto open up (a new path, frontier, etc.); to establish, to set upHSK 7-9
- 成型chéng xíngto take shape, to become formedHSK 7-9
- 蹿cuānto leap up; to spring up; to shoot up (as flames, prices, or speed)HSK 7-9
- 长长chángto lengthen, to grow longerHSK 7-9
- 崩塌bēng tāto collapse, to crumbleHSK 7-9
- 徐xú(literary, stative verb/adverb) slow; slowly; gentlyHSK 7-9
- 散架sǎn jià(for objects) to fall apart, to disintegrate; (for a person) to feel utterly exhausted, to collapseHSK 7-9
- 爆出bào chūto break out (of news, scandal, secret); to burst out (of something hidden or contained)HSK 7-9
- 回转huí zhuǎnto turn around, to rotate; (figurative) to reverse, to turn back (of a trend, situation, or direction)HSK 7-9
- 奋起fèn qǐto rise up with vigor; to spring into actionHSK 7-9
- 汇集huì jíto collect, gather, amass (data, materials); to converge, come together (rivers, crowds)HSK 7-9
- 涌入chōngto pour in, to flood inHSK 7-9
- 蜕变tuì biànto undergo a fundamental transformation (as in metamorphosis); to degenerate, to decay (figuratively or physically)HSK 7-9
- 升降shēng jiàngto rise and fall; to raise and lowerHSK 7-9
- 变卦biàn guàto go back on one's word; to change one's plan or decisionHSK 7-9
- 带动dài dòngto drive; to spur; to provide impetus (economic growth, development, etc.)HSK 5