改换门庭 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 改換門庭 gǎihuànméntíng ㄍㄞˇ ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄇㄣˊ ㄊㄧㄥˊ to improve one's family's social status by moving up in the world to switch one's allegiance to a new patron Character by character 改(gǎi)change 换(huàn)exchange 门(mén)surname Men 庭(tíng)main hall A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0