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更 [gēng] 动

1. ■ （改变; 改换） change; replace:

变更 make changes in;

除旧更新 replace the old with the new;

改弦更张 change over to new ways

2. ■ [书] （经历） experience:

少不更事 young and inexperienced

名

1. ■ （旧时一夜分成五更， 每更大约两小时） one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided; watch:

半夜三更 in the dead of night;

鸡鸣五更 day break;

打更 beat the watches

2. ■ （姓氏） a surname:

更赢 Geng Ying

另见 gèng。