The Chinese word **变革** is a compound formed by combining two characters with related meanings: **变** (biàn), meaning "to change" or "to transform," and **革** (gé), meaning "to remove" or "to revolutionize," often implying the shedding of the old. Together, they create a complementary or coordinative compound where both elements reinforce and specify a particular kind of change. The term **变革** thus signifies a profound, substantive, and often systematic transformation or reform, emphasizing not just any change, but a fundamental alteration that overhauls an existing state, system, or method.