transform; change; convert
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Meanings
2 senses · 5 examplesverb
to transform; to change; to convert
General term for a process of change from one state, form, or condition to another.
Tā他
bǎ把
yè业
yú余
ài爱
hào好
zhuǎn转
huà化
chéng成
le了
zhí职
yè业
。
He transformed his hobby into a career.
Tài太
yáng阳
néng能
bèi被
zhuǎn转
huà化
wéi为
diàn电
néng能
。
Solar energy is converted into electrical energy.
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Wǒ我
men们
xū需
yào要
bǎ把
yā压
lì力
zhuǎn转
huà化
wéi为
dòng动
lì力
。
We need to transform pressure into motivation.
verb
(in philosophy) for opposing sides in a contradiction to transform into each other under certain conditions
technicalA specialized term from dialectical materialism, describing how opposites in a contradiction can become their own opposite (e.g., primary and secondary contradictions, antagonistic and non-antagonistic contradictions).
Zài在
yī一
dìng定
tiáo条
jiàn件
xià下
，
dí敌
wǒ我
máo矛
dùn盾
kě可
yǐ以
zhuǎn转
huà化
wéi为
rén人
mín民
nèi内
bù部
máo矛
dùn盾
。
Under certain conditions, antagonistic contradictions between ourselves and the enemy can transform into non-antagonistic contradictions among the people.
Shī失
bài败
hé和
chéng成
gōng功
zài在
yī一
dìng定
tiáo条
jiàn件
xià下
kě可
yǐ以
hù互
xiāng相
zhuǎn转
huà化
。
Failure and success can transform into each other under certain conditions.