變bin3本bun2加gaa1厲lai6

English

1. lit. change to more severe (idiom); to become more intense (esp. of shortcoming)
2. aggravation of a bad situation; a bad situation deteriorates
3. to aggravate
4. to intensify

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 情況變得比本來更加嚴重

Examples

• 如果小朋友做錯事冇人糾正佢，以後就會變本加厲，唔知對錯㗎喇。

  If children are not corrected when they do something wrong, then it will just get worse; the children will not be able to tell right from wrong.