lit. to upend heaven and earth (idiom); fig. to change the course of events; to turn things around
trad. 扭轉乾坤
Also written 扭轉乾坤【niǔ zhuǎn qián kūn】
Characters in this word
4扭
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to turn, to twist, to wring, to sprain, to swing one's hips
- Pinyin
- niǔ
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 9210 of 2500
转
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see 轉文|转文[zhuai3 wen2]
- Pinyin
- zhuǎi
- Traditional
- 轉
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 1889 of 2500
乾
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old variant of 乾[qian2]
- Pinyin
- qián
- Traditional
- 乹
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 8595 of 2500
坤
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one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing earth, female principle, ☷, ancient Chinese compass point: 225° (southwest)
- Pinyin
- kūn
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 19533 of 2500