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换作

to be in the place of; if it were

verb Rare #31,370
to be in the place of; if it were Often used to imagine how things would be from another person’s position.
CH: 换作你，你会怎么做？
EN: If you were in my place, what would you do?

换作是我，得请个会计才能记住所有那些数字。

If it were me, I’d have to hire an accountant to keep track of all those numbers.

要是换作从前，我早就吓坏了。

If it had been me in the past, I would’ve been terrified.

换作别人也是这样啊

Anyone else would be the same.

— 伊莲娜 (2011)