劳动改造 (勞動改造)
láo dòng gǎi zào
Pinyin

Definition

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

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

chuàng zào
  1. 1 to create
  2. 2 to bring about
  3. 3 to produce
  4. 4 to set (a record)
jiàn zào
  1. 1 to construct
  2. 2 to build
gǎi
  1. 1 to change
  2. 2 to alter
  3. 3 to transform
  4. 4 to correct
gǎi wéi
  1. 1 to change into
gǎi biàn
  1. 1 to change
  2. 2 to alter
  3. 3 to transform

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)