变本加厉
Traditional form:
變本加厲
Pinyin (reading):
biànběnjiālì
Definitions:
- lit. change to more severe (idiom); to become more intense (esp. of shortcoming)
- to aggravate
- to intensify
Characters:
- 变 - to change, to transform, to alter; rebel
- 本 - root, origin, source; basis
- 加 - to add to, to increase, to augment
- 厉 - whetstone; to grind, to sharpen, to whet
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