day 130change in four characters
unit 17 · environment and changechange in four characters
Describe change, surprise and variety with four-character idioms, and use the frames 可A可B, 连A带B and 自A自B.
today’s words
- 日新月异 rìxīnyuèyì · changing with each passing day
- 千变万化 qiānbiànwànhuà · ever-changing
- 变幻莫测 biànhuànmòcè · changeable and unpredictable
- 翻天覆地 fāntiānfùdì · earth-shaking, world-changing
- 焕然一新 huànrányīxīn · looking brand new
- 面目全非 miànmùquánfēi · changed beyond recognition (for the worse)
- 一成不变 yīchéngbùbiàn · unchanging, set in its ways
- 一如既往 yīrújìwǎng · just as before, as always
- 与时俱进 yǔshíjùjìn · to keep up with the times
- 与日俱增 yǔrìjùzēng · to grow day by day
- 愈演愈烈 yùyǎnyùliè · to get worse and worse
- 欣欣向荣 xīnxīnxiàngróng · thriving, flourishing
- 朝气蓬勃 zhāoqìpéngbó · full of youthful energy
- 势不可当 shìbùkědāng · unstoppable
- 摇摇欲坠 yáoyáoyùzhuì · tottering, about to fall
- 突如其来 tūrúqílái · sudden, out of the blue
- 措手不及 cuòshǒubùjí · caught off guard
- 出人意料 chūrényìliào · unexpected, surprising
- 意想不到 yìxiǎngbùdào · unexpected, unimaginable
- 难以置信 nányǐzhìxìn · hard to believe
- 化险为夷 huàxiǎnwéiyí · to turn danger into safety
- 峰回路转 fēnghuílùzhuǎn · a turn for the better, a twist
- 此起彼伏 cǐqǐbǐfú · to rise and fall one after another
- 接二连三 jiē'èrliánsān · one after another
- 三番五次 sānfānwǔcì · again and again
- 日复一日 rìfùyīrì · day after day
- 翻来覆去 fānláifùqù · over and over; toss and turn
- 没完没了 méiwánméiliǎo · endless, on and on
- 错综复杂 cuòzōngfùzá · intricate, tangled
- 千姿百态 qiānzībǎitài · in all shapes and forms
- 五花八门 wǔhuābāmén · all kinds of, a wide variety
- 包罗万象 bāoluówànxiàng · all-embracing, covering everything
- 应有尽有 yīngyǒujìnyǒu · everything you could want
- 一应俱全 yīyīngjùquán · complete with everything
sentences
- 这三十年，小镇发生了翻天覆地的变化。 · The town has changed out of all recognition in thirty years.
- 大水过后，老街面目全非。 · After the flood, the old street was unrecognisable.
- 水来得太快，大家措手不及。 · The water came so fast that everyone was caught off guard.
- 孩子们连蹦带跳地跑进了新学校。 · The children skipped and jumped into the new school.
- 这篇文章的题目可长可短。 · This article’s title can be long or short.