改换门庭
Traditional form:
改換門庭
Pinyin (reading):
gǎihuànméntíng
Definitions:
- to improve one's family's social status by moving up in the world
- to switch one's allegiance to a new patron
Characters:
- 改 - to alter, to change, to improve, to remodel
- 换 - to change; to exchange, to swap, to trade
- 门 - gate, door, entrance, opening
- 庭 - court; courtyard; spacious hall or yard
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