汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 改弦更张
改弦更张 (改弦更張)
change over to new ways / make a fresh start
更 Change / 张 Winding the instrument / Change and adjust the strings on the instrument to make the sound harmonious / A metaphor for reforming the system or changing plans and methods
gǎi xián gèng/gēng () zhāng
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

车主们已经开始改弦更张

Truck owners are already making the switch.

改弦更张背后,有三个理由。

There are three reasons behind my change of heart.

老鞋正要求我们改弦更张。对此,我们正在认真考虑。

YOS is asking us to make a change; in response, we are thinking it over.

如果我看到的数据表明我错了,那我会改弦更张

I will change course if I see the data and say, 'Cory, you're just wrong.

在某些情况下,我也想让有些高级职员改弦更张

In a few cases, I tried to resurrect some of the executives.

我们奉劝美方改弦更张,迷途知返,早日回到对话的正确道路上来。

We would advise the U.S. side to change its practice, realize its errors and mend its way, and return to the right track of dialogue as soon as possible.

我曾有过许多没有成形的想法:重新奋起,改弦更张,摆脱懒散放纵的习惯,把放弃了的斗争进行下去。

I have had unformed ideas of striving afresh, beginning anew, shaking off sloth and sensuality, and fighting out the abandoned fight.