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Meaning of 改头换面

Lookup via: Pinyin | Radicals
改 gǎi 头 tóu 换 huàn 面 miàn (Trad.: 改頭換面)
to adjust one's head and turn one's face (idiom); cosmetic changes; Despite superficially new policies, the substance remains unchanged.
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Example Sentences
1
他把别人著作中的话改头换面算作自己的意见
。
He took pieces of another author's works, changed them around a little, and then tried to pass them off as his own ideas.
2
随着美国的面貌改变
,
美国种族主义也改头换面了
。
As the face of America has changed, so has the face of American racism.
3
如果一切顺利
,
你定制的行头就完成了
-
你会改头换面的
。
If all goes well, your bespoke makeover is complete - you're a new man.
4
以上现象表明教育和医疗正亟待一场改头换面的革新
。
What this suggests is that education and healthcare are ripe for disruptive innovation.
5
黑话只不过是语言在要干坏事时用来改头换面的化装室
。
Slang is nothing but a dressing-room where the tongue having some bad action to perform, disguises itself.