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改弦更張 (goi2 jin4 gang1 zoeng1) — change over to new ways; make a fresh start in Cantonese

goiˊ²改jinˎ₄弦gangˉ¹更zoengˉ¹張
简 改弦更张
Mandarin Pinyin: gai3 xian2 geng1 zhang1

Meaning of 改弦更張

nounchange over to new ways; make a fresh start
nounto make a fresh start; to start a total reform; to change policy

Characters in 改弦更張

改goi2
change; convert; transform
弦jin4
(medicine) having rapid pulse
更gang1
a watch period (one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided starting at 7pm)
張zoeng1
look

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