扭转乾坤
niǔ zhuǎn qián kūn
Pinyin

Definition

扭转乾坤
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niǔ zhuǎn qián kūn
  1. lit. to upend heaven and earth (idiom)
  2. fig. to change the course of events
  3. to turn things around

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

别扭
biè niu
  1. 1 awkward
  2. 2 difficult
  3. 3 uncomfortable
  4. 4 not agreeing
  5. 5 at loggerheads
  6. 6 gauche
扭曲
niǔ qū
  1. 1 to twist
  2. 2 to warp
  3. 3 to distort
扭头
niǔ tóu
  1. 1 to turn one's head
  2. 2 to turn around
乾坤
qián kūn
  1. 1 yin and yang
  2. 2 heaven and earth
  3. 3 the universe
乾陵
Qián líng
  1. 1 Qianling at Xianyang 咸陽市|咸阳市 in Shaanxi, burial site of third Tang emperor 高宗 and empress Wuzetian 武則天|武则天
乾隆
Qián lóng
  1. 1 Qianlong Emperor (1711-1799), sixth Qing emperor, princely title 寶親王|宝亲王[Bǎo Qīn wáng], personal name 弘曆|弘历[Hóng lì], reigned 1735-1799
扭
niǔ
  1. 1 to turn
  2. 2 to twist
  3. 3 to wring
  4. 4 to sprain
  5. 5 to swing one's hips
扭伤
niǔ shāng
  1. 1 a sprain
  2. 2 a crick
  3. 3 to sprain
扭捏
niǔ nie
  1. 1 affecting shyness or embarrassment
  2. 2 coy
  3. 3 mincing (walk, manner of speech)
  4. 4 mannered
扭腰
niǔ yāo
  1. 1 to sway one's hips
  2. 2 to twist one's waist
扭蛋
niǔ dàn
  1. 1 toy in a capsule (dispensed from a vending machine)
扭转
niǔ zhuǎn
  1. 1 to reverse
  2. 2 to turn around (an undesirable situation)
  3. 3 (mechanics) torsion
歪歪扭扭
wāi wāi niǔ niǔ
  1. 1 crooked
  2. 2 not straight
  3. 3 staggering from side to side
闹别扭
nào biè niu
  1. 1 to be difficult with sb
  2. 2 to provoke disagreement
  3. 3 at loggerheads
  4. 4 to fall out with
七扭八歪
qī niǔ bā wāi
  1. 1 misshapen
  2. 2 crooked
  3. 3 uneven (idiom)
乾
qián
  1. 1 old variant of 乾[qián]
乾安
Qián ān
  1. 1 Qian'an county in Songyuan 松原, Jilin
乾县
Qián Xiàn
  1. 1 Qian County in Xianyang 咸陽|咸阳[Xián yáng], Shaanxi
坤
kūn
  1. 1 one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[bā guà], symbolizing earth
  2. 2 female principle
  3. 3 ☷
  4. 4 ancient Chinese compass point: 225° (southwest)
巴里坤
Bā lǐ kūn
  1. 1 Barkol Kazakh autonomous county or Barköl Qazaq aptonom nahiyisi in Kumul prefecture 哈密地區|哈密地区[Hā mì dì qū], Xinjiang

Idioms (5)

七扭八歪
qī niǔ bā wāi
  1. 1 misshapen
  2. 2 crooked
  3. 3 uneven (idiom)
强扭的瓜不甜
qiǎng niǔ de guā bù tián
  1. 1 lit. if you have to use force to break a melon off the vine, it won't taste sweet (because it's only when the melon is ripe that it can be removed with just a slight twist) (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. if sth is not meant to be, it's no use trying to force it to happen
扭转乾坤
niǔ zhuǎn qián kūn
  1. 1 lit. to upend heaven and earth (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to change the course of events
  3. 3 to turn things around
旋乾转坤
xuán qián zhuǎn kūn
  1. 1 lit. overturning heaven and earth (idiom); earth-shattering
  2. 2 a radical change
朝乾夕惕
zhāo qián xī tì
  1. 1 cautious and diligent all day long (idiom)

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