- lit. change to more severe (idiom); to become more intense (esp. of shortcoming)
- to aggravate
- to intensify
Characters
- 变 (變): to change; to become different; to transform; to vary; rebellion
- 本 (本): (bound form) root; stem; (bound form) origin; source; (bound form) one's own; this; (bound form) this; the current (year etc); (bound form) original; (bound form) inherent; originally; initially; capital; principal; classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
- 加 (加): Canada (abbr. for 加拿大[Jia1 na2 da4]); surname Jia
- 厉 (厲): surname Li
Resources
- Wiktionary: 变本加厉
- MDBG: 变本加厉
- Examples with 变本加厉 on Tatoeba
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