释义 |
 | 改口 | | găi//kŏu | 动 | | (also 改嘴,转口 zhuăn//kŏu) 动 |
1 correct oneself (in conversation); withdraw (or modify) one's previous remark; change one's tune: | | 他发现自己说错了,连忙改口。 He corrected himself as soon as he realized his mistake. | | 他原来是那么说的,现在改口了。 That's what he said first, but now he's changed. |
2 address sb. by a different name or title: | | 改口称公婆 (of a woman after marriage) call one's parents-in-law “Mom” and “Dad” |
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