改廢

改廢

Chinese

		to change; to alter; to transform to change; to alter; to transform; to correct	abolish; crippled
trad. (改廢)		改	廢
simp. (改废)		改	废

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǎifèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄞˇ ㄈㄟˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: gǎifèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄞˇ ㄈㄟˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaefey
    • IPA ^(key): /kaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ feɪ̯⁵¹/

Verb

改廢

1. (literary) to change or abolish

   • 孟子曰：「大匠不為拙工改廢繩墨，羿不為拙射變其彀率。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     孟子曰：“大匠不为拙工改废绳墨，羿不为拙射变其彀率。” [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Mencius, circa 4^th century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Mèngzǐ yuē: “Dàjiàng bù wèi zhuōgōng gǎifèi shéngmò, Yì bù wèi zhuōshè biàn qí gòulǜ.” [Pinyin]

     Mencius said, 'A great artificer does not, for the sake of a stupid workman, alter or do away with the marking-line. Yi did not, for the sake of a stupid archer, change his rule for drawing the bow.'