改口

改口
gǎikǒu

to change one's tune

3 meanings
MEANING3 meanings

MEANING

  1. verb

    to change one's tune

    • He changed his story and said he was wrong.

  2. verb

    to modify one's previous remark

    • He changed his statement and said he was wrong.

  3. verb

    to change the way one addresses sb (as when one marries and starts to call one's husband's parents 爸爸[ba4 ba5] and 媽媽|妈妈[ma1 ma5])

    • After getting married, she changed how she addressed him to call him dad.

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Taking a stick in your own hand to beat yourself corrects your mistakes.

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