改廢

Chinese

		to change; to alter; to transform to change; to alter; to transform; to correct	abolish; crippled
trad. (改廢)		改	廢
simp. (改废)		改	废

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gǎifèi

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄞˇ ㄈㄟˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gǎifèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄞˇ ㄈㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gǎifèi
  - Wade–Giles: kai³-fei⁴
  - Yale: gǎi-fèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaefey
  - Palladius: гайфэй (gajfɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ feɪ̯⁵¹/

Verb

改廢

(literary) to change or abolish
- 孟子曰：「大匠不為拙工改廢繩墨，羿不為拙射變其彀率。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  孟子曰：「大匠不为拙工改废绳墨，羿不为拙射变其彀率。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
  Mèngzǐ yuē: “Dàjiàng bù wèi zhuōgōng gǎifèi shéngmò, Yì bù wèi zhuōshè biàn qí gòulǜ.” [Pinyin]
  Mencius said, 'A great artificer does not, for the sake of a stupid workman, alter or do away with the marking-line. Yi did not, for the sake of a stupid archer, change his rule for drawing the bow.'

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