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Definition(s) for: 扭转乾坤

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
扭转乾坤 niǔ zhuǎn qián kūn - lit. to upend heaven and earth (idiom)
- fig. to change the course of events
- to turn things around

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 26,468 64,565 49,342

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
扭 niǔ- to turn
- to twist
- to wring
- to sprain
- to swing one's hips
转 zhuǎi- see 轉文|转文[zhuai3 wen2]
转 zhuǎn- to turn
- to change direction
- to transfer
- to forward (mail)
- (Internet) to share (sb else's content)
转 zhuàn- to revolve
- to turn
- to circle about
- to walk about
- classifier for revolutions (per minute etc): revs, rpm
- classifier for repeated actions
乾 qián- surname Qian
乾 qián- one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing heaven
- male principle
- ☰
- ancient Chinese compass point: 315° (northwest)
干 gān- surname Gan
干 gān- dry
- dried food
- empty; hollow
- taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster
- futile; in vain
- (dialect) rude; blunt
- (dialect) to cold-shoulder
乾 qián- old variant of 乾[qian2]
乾 qián- variant of 乾[qian2]
坤 kūn- one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing earth
- female principle
- ☷
- ancient Chinese compass point: 225° (southwest)
坤 kūn- variant of 坤[kun1]

Other Words Containing 扭转乾坤

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
扭转乾坤 - - 26,468 64,565 49,342