劳动改造
láo dòng gǎi zào
Pinyin

Definition

劳动改造
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láo dòng gǎi zào
  1. reeducation through labor
  2. laogai (prison camp)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

创造
chuàng zào
  1. 1 to create
  2. 2 to bring about
  3. 3 to produce
  4. 4 to set (a record)
建造
jiàn zào
  1. 1 to construct
  2. 2 to build
改
gǎi
  1. 1 to change
  2. 2 to alter
  3. 3 to transform
  4. 4 to correct
改为
gǎi wéi
  1. 1 to change into
改变
gǎi biàn
  1. 1 to change
  2. 2 to alter
  3. 3 to transform
营造
yíng zào
  1. 1 to build (housing)
  2. 2 to construct
  3. 3 to make
造型
zào xíng
  1. 1 to model
  2. 2 to shape
  3. 3 appearance
  4. 4 style
  5. 5 design
  6. 6 form
  7. 7 pose
造成
zào chéng
  1. 1 to bring about
  2. 2 to create
  3. 3 to cause
人造
rén zào
  1. 1 man-made
  2. 2 artificial
  3. 3 synthetic
修改
xiū gǎi
  1. 1 to amend
  2. 2 to alter
  3. 3 to modify
制造业
zhì zào yè
  1. 1 manufacturing industry
创造力
chuàng zào lì
  1. 1 ingenuity
  2. 2 creativity
塑造
sù zào
  1. 1 to model
  2. 2 to mold
  3. 3 (fig.) to create (a character, a market, an image etc)
  4. 4 (literature) to portray (in words)
打造
dǎ zào
  1. 1 to create
  2. 2 to build
  3. 3 to develop
  4. 4 to forge (of metal)
改名
gǎi míng
  1. 1 to change one's name
改善
gǎi shàn
  1. 1 to make better
  2. 2 to improve
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
改天
gǎi tiān
  1. 1 another day
  2. 2 some other time
  3. 3 to find another day (for appointment etc)
  4. 4 to take a rain check
改成
gǎi chéng
  1. 1 to convert
  2. 2 to turn into (sth else)
  3. 3 to adapt (a story to another medium)
改掉
gǎi diào
  1. 1 to drop a bad habit
改正
gǎi zhèng
  1. 1 to correct
  2. 2 to amend
  3. 3 to put right
  4. 4 correction
  5. 5 CL:個|个[gè]

Idioms (20)

一改故辙
yī gǎi gù zhé
  1. 1 complete change from the old rut (idiom); dramatic change of direction
  2. 2 a volte-face
  3. 3 to change old practices
向壁虚造
xiàng bì xū zào
  1. 1 facing a wall, an imaginary construction (idiom); baseless fabrication
天造地设
tiān zào dì shè
  1. 1 lit. made by Heaven and arranged by Earth(idiom)
  2. 2 ideal
  3. 3 perfect
  4. 4 (of a match) made in heaven
  5. 5 to be made for one another
幡然改图
fān rán gǎi tú
  1. 1 to change one's plan all of a sudden (idiom)
恩同再造
ēn tóng zài zào
  1. 1 your favor amounts to being given a new lease on life (idiom)
凭空捏造
píng kōng niē zào
  1. 1 fabrication relying on nothing (idiom); frame-up
改弦易辙
gǎi xián yì zhé
  1. 1 change of string, move out of rut (idiom); dramatic change of direction
  2. 2 to dance to a different tune
改过自新
gǎi guò zì xīn
  1. 1 to reform and start afresh (idiom); to turn over a new leaf
改邪归正
gǎi xié guī zhèng
  1. 1 to mend one's ways (idiom)
  2. 2 to turn over a new leaf
改头换面
gǎi tóu huàn miàn
  1. 1 to adjust one's head and turn one's face (idiom); cosmetic changes
  2. 2 Despite superficially new policies, the substance remains unchanged.
救人一命胜造七级浮屠
jiù rén yī mìng shèng zào qī jí fú tú
  1. 1 saving a life is more meritorious than building a seven-floor pagoda (idiom)
时势造英雄
shí shì zào yīng xióng
  1. 1 Time makes the man (idiom). The trend of events brings forth the hero.
有则改之，无则加勉
yǒu zé gǎi zhī , wú zé jiā miǎn
  1. 1 correct any mistakes you made, but maintain your good record if you did not make them (idiom)
朝令夕改
zhāo lìng xī gǎi
  1. 1 to make frequent or unpredictable changes in policy (idiom)
朝闻夕改
zhāo wén xī gǎi
  1. 1 lit. heard in the morning and changed by the evening
  2. 2 to correct an error very quickly (idiom)
朝过夕改
zhāo guò xī gǎi
  1. 1 to correct in the evening a fault of the morning (idiom)
  2. 2 to quickly amend one's ways
死不改悔
sǐ bù gǎi huǐ
  1. 1 not to repent even facing death (idiom)
  2. 2 unrepentant
  3. 3 very obstinate
江山易改，本性难移
jiāng shān yì gǎi , běn xìng nán yí
  1. 1 it is easier to change mountains and rivers than to alter one's character (idiom)
  2. 2 you can't change who you are
  3. 3 Can the leopard change his spots?
狗改不了吃屎
gǒu gǎi bù liǎo chī shǐ
  1. 1 lit. a dog can't stop himself from eating shit (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. bad habits are hard to change
痛改前非
tòng gǎi qián fēi
  1. 1 completely correcting one's former misdeeds (idiom); to repent past mistakes and turn over a new leaf
  2. 2 a reformed character

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