Entry
拨bō乱luàn反fǎn正zhèng

  1. bring order out of chaos; set to rights things which have been thrown into disorder

    trad. 撥亂反正

Also written 撥亂反正【bō luàn fǎn zhèng】

Characters in this word

4
拨
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to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc, to dial, to allocate, to set aside (money), to poke (the fire), to pluck (a string instrument), to turn round, classifier: group, batch

Pinyin
bō
Traditional
撥
Strokes
8
Frequency
8674 of 2500
Words starting with 拨Words ending in 拨Anywhere in a word
乱
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in confusion or disorder, in a confused state of mind, disorder, upheaval, riot, illicit sexual relations, to throw into disorder, to mix up, indiscriminate, random, arbitrary

Pinyin
luàn
Traditional
亂
Strokes
7
Frequency
2618 of 2500
Words starting with 乱Words ending in 乱Anywhere in a word
反
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contrary, in reverse, inside out or upside down, to reverse, to return, to oppose, opposite, against, anti-, to rebel, to use analogy, instead, abbr. for 反切[fan3 qie4] phonetic system

Pinyin
fǎn
Strokes
4
Frequency
2794 of 2500
Words starting with 反Words ending in 反Anywhere in a word