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變本加厲

biàn běn jiā lì

C1–C2 Level 7

變本加厲 (biàn běn jiā lì) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. change to more severe (idiom); to become more intense (esp. of shortcoming)”. It sits at TOCFL Level 7 (CEFR C1–C2) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard.

Definition

  1. lit. change to more severe (idiom); to become more intense (esp. of shortcoming)
  2. to aggravate
  3. to intensify

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).