change one's method or course of action
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesverb
to change one's method or course of action
literaryMetaphor derived from changing the track of a cart. Often used in formal or semi-formal contexts to describe a strategic shift after previous methods failed.
Lǎo老
bàn办
fǎ法
xíng行
bù不
tōng通
，
wǒ我
men们
děi得
jí及
shí时
gǎi改
zhé辙
。
The old method doesn't work; we need to change our approach promptly.
Yǎn眼
kàn看
jì计
huà划
jiù就
yào要
shī失
bài败
，
tā他
men们
zhǐ只
hǎo好
gǎi改
zhé辙
lìng另
xún寻
chū出
lù路
。
Seeing the plan was about to fail, they had no choice but to change tack and find another way out.
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Zài在
shì市
chǎng场
jìng竞
zhēng争
zhōng中
，
dǒng懂
dé得
shì适
shí时
gǎi改
zhé辙
de的
qǐ企
yè业
cái才
néng能
shēng生
cún存
。
In market competition, only enterprises that know how to change course at the right time can survive.