[biàn chéng]
grow; become; make; develop into; prove to be; turn out; come off; come to be; pass into; mount up; convert to; transform into; turn into; change into
transform a desert into fertile farmland
把沙漠变成良田
The backward place has changed into an industrial centre.
那落后的地方变成了工业中心。
As a result, the bad thing has been turned into a good one.
结果坏事变成了好事。
Her hopes [aspirations] are unrealized.
她的希望变成了泡影。
Matter can be transformed into consciousness and consciousness into matter.
物质可以变成精神, 精神可以变成物质。
The slaves of the old society have become the masters of the new society.
旧社会的奴隶变成了新社会的主人。