改弦更張

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Chinese

 
to change; to alter; to transform
to change; to alter; to transform; to correct
 bow string; string of mus. instr.
 
to change; more; even more
to change; more; even more; further; still; still more
 (a measure word); surname; open up
trad. (改弦更張) 改 弦 更 張
simp. (改弦更张) 改 弦 更 张
Literally: “to re-tune the strings or re-string the instrument”.

Etymology

Originally, a metaphor with string instruments: 改弦 refers to the re-application of tuning, while 更張 means re-stringing the instrument altogether. The latter component has been attested as late as the Book of Han in a passage quoting verbatim from a letter by Dong Zhongshu to the Emperor Wu of Han . The combined phrase in various forms was already familiar by the Jin era , for example, as 改絃易張 in the Records of the Three Kingdoms.

Pronunciation

Idiom

改弦更張

  1. to reform or revamp (a system or policy)

Synonyms

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