變本加厲

See also: 变本加厉

Chinese

		to change; to become different; to transform to change; to become different; to transform; to vary; rebellion	roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)	to add; plus	severe
trad. (變本加厲)		變	本	加	厲
simp. (变本加厉)		变	本	加	厉

Etymology

From the preface of Wenxuan (文選 (wénxuǎn)) by Xiao Tong (蕭統):

蓋踵其事而增華，變其本而加厲。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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盖踵其事而增华，变其本而加厉。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

Gài zhǒng qí shì ér zēng huá, biàn qí běn ér jiā lì. [Pinyin]

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): biànběnjiālì

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄅㄣˇ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bin³ bun² gaa¹ lai⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): piàn-pún-ka-lē

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: biànběnjiālì
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄅㄣˇ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄌㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: biànběnjialì
    • Wade–Giles: pien⁴-pên³-chia¹-li⁴
    • Yale: byàn-běn-jyā-lì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biannbeenjialih
    • Palladius: бяньбэньцзяли (bjanʹbɛnʹczjali)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛn⁵¹ pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ li⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bin³ bun² gaa¹ lai⁶
    • Yale: bin bún gā laih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bin³ bun² gaa¹ lai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bin³ bun² ga¹ lei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːn³³ puːn³⁵ kaː⁵⁵ lɐi̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piàn-pún-ka-lē
    • Tâi-lô: piàn-pún-ka-lē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: piernpwnkale
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɛn²¹⁻⁴¹ pun⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ka⁴⁴⁻³³ le³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /piɛn¹¹⁻⁵³ pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ka⁴⁴⁻³³ le³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /piɛn²¹⁻⁵³ pun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ka⁴⁴⁻²² le²²/

Verb

變本加厲

1. to get worse; to become aggravated; to intensify one's effort to do something wrong