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| Processed by: | goldyn_chyld (2021-02-06 08:32:23 GMT) |
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<< review queue entry 67496 - submitted by 'richwarm' >> 1) It's a *predicate* (essentially functioning as an intransitive verb) -- not a complete sentence ("Despite superficially new policies, the substance remains unchanged.") 2) I don't think the lit. part is helpful. Also, I think it's wrong -- "adjust one's head"? M says 本指一代新人換舊人，面孔不斷變換。 Nothing to do with "adjusting" one's own head", whatever that's supposed to mean. 3) As LA points out, it has a non-derogatory meaning in Taiwan. (臺) 比喻澈底改變。例 「經過父親的一番教誨，他決定改頭換面，重新做人」。 Indeed, almost every one of the many examples in TP have no derogatory tone -- see some of the examples below. You can see derogatory usage in J, however. TP 許多老車站改頭換面， Many old stations have been given a new look, 眼見許多重大建設使這塊土地不斷改頭換面， Many huge construction projects are transforming the land before our very eyes. 至於崑山腔，又是如何改頭換面成為今天的崑曲面貌呢？ How did the Kun melodies develop into today's Kun Opera? 使它改頭換面，成為一個兼具展演及辦公的文化空間。 It is to have a new role as a cultural space that will have performance and leisure functions, as well as housing the foundation's offices. 除醫療技術帶來的副作用，國外近來已開始擔心，研發機構對基因工程的開發，會讓微生物改頭換面，釀成新疫情。 As well as the side effects of medical technology, fears have recently been raised overseas that the alteration of microorganisms by genetic engineering may lead to new diseases. 隨著象棋走向國際，長期來順應時代不斷變化的象棋遊戲，也在悄悄改頭換面，嘗試跟上現代節奏。 Moreover, as Chinese chess becomes international, this game, which has evolved and adapted to meet changing times over the centuries, is again quietly being renovated in an effort to keep up with the rhythms of modern life. 文化活動隨著社會型態發展呈現新的面貌稀鬆平常，象棋造型的改頭換面，原因也不只一端。 It is normal and common for cultural activities to change as social structure develops. But that is not the only reason for changes in the form of Chinese chess. 小型博物館面對已經定型的空間，若要改頭換面合於法令規章，諸如電梯的設立，地面樓板面積的載重量等，勢必要龐大的經費， It is an extremely expensive proposition for a small private museums to add elevators, reinforce the floors to increase the load capacity, and do other necessary renovations to bring their buildings into line with building codes. 台灣男士改頭換面的決心來勢洶洶，他們追求「媚登峰」更不落自己姊妹之後。除了近來幾起男子美容業與顧客的糾紛略露端倪外， The determination of men in Taiwan to redo themselves is rising. Men are giving away nothing to their sisters in the search for beautiful bodies, as is suggested by a few recent disputes between male beauty salons and dissatisfied customers. 在三立傳播服務的周先生則指出，以往他每隔一陣子總會去重慶南路書街逛逛，但每次去都赫然發現熱門架上的書完全改頭換面，上次想買而猶豫未買的書，這次來就遍尋不著了。 Mr. Chou, a book fan who works at Sanlih Broadcasting, says that he used to be a regular at the bookstores in Taipei's Chungching South Rd. But there seemed to be totally different books on display every time he went there, and whatever book he had been thinking about buying before had vanished. 不僅已將美術館改頭換面，莊明旗覺得更大的收穫是「與參觀者的互動」， The look of the museum has been changed considerably, but even more important in Chuang's view is the interaction with museum visitors that the project has afforded him. |
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- 改頭換面 改头换面 [gai3 tou2 huan4 mian4] /to adjust one's head and turn one's face (idiom); cosmetic changes/Despite superficially new policies, the substance remains unchanged./ + 改頭換面 改头换面 [gai3 tou2 huan4 mian4] /to change outwardly while remaining essentially the same (derog.) (idiom)/(Tw) (non-derogatory) to change considerably/to undergo a transformation/ |