- change of string, move out of rut (idiom); dramatic change of direction
- to dance to a different tune
Characters
- 改 (改): to change; to alter; to transform; to correct
- 弦 (弦): bow string; string of musical instrument; watchspring; chord (segment of curve); hypotenuse; CL:根[gen1]
- 易 (易): surname Yi; abbr. for 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1], the Book of Changes
- 辙 (轍): rut; track of a wheel (Taiwan pr. [che4]); (coll.) the direction of traffic; a rhyme (of a song, poem etc); (dialect) (usu. after 有[you3] or 沒|没[mei2]) way; idea
Resources
- Wiktionary: 改弦易辙
- MDBG: 改弦易辙
- Examples with 改弦易辙 on Tatoeba
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