周旋
zhōu xuán
Pinyin

Definition

周旋
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zhōu xuán
  1. to mix with others
  2. to socialize
  3. to deal with
  4. to contend

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

凯旋
kǎi xuán
  1. 1 to return in triumph
  2. 2 to return victorious
周
Zhōu
  1. 1 surname Zhou
  2. 2 Zhou Dynasty (1046-256 BC)
周围
zhōu wéi
  1. 1 surroundings
  2. 2 environment
  3. 3 to encompass
周边
zhōu biān
  1. 1 periphery
  2. 2 rim
  3. 3 surroundings
  4. 4 all around
  5. 5 perimeter
  6. 6 peripheral (computing)
  7. 7 spin-offs
周末
zhōu mò
  1. 1 weekend

Idioms (7)

周游列国
zhōu yóu liè guó
  1. 1 to travel around many countries (idiom); peregrinations
  2. 2 refers to the travels of Confucius
天旋地转
tiān xuán dì zhuàn
  1. 1 the sky spins, the earth goes round (idiom); giddy with one's head spinning
  2. 2 fig. huge changes in the world
旋乾转坤
xuán qián zhuǎn kūn
  1. 1 lit. overturning heaven and earth (idiom); earth-shattering
  2. 2 a radical change
盘旋曲折
pán xuán qū zhé
  1. 1 lit. windy and circuitous
  2. 2 difficult (idiom)
众所周知
zhòng suǒ zhōu zhī
  1. 1 as everyone knows (idiom)

Sample Sentences

我知道，但我宁愿卷铺盖走人，也不想跟他们周旋。
wǒ zhīdào ，dàn wǒ nìngyuàn juǎnpūgàizǒurén ，yě bùxiǎng gēn tāmen zhōuxuán 。
I know, but I'd rather pack up and leave than to deal with them.
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你俩少在那边说风凉话，风水轮流转，我去上个厕所，回来再跟你们周旋。
nǐ liǎ shǎo zài nàbiān shuō fēngliánghuà ，fēng shuǐlúnliú zhuǎn ，wǒ qù shàng gè cèsuǒ ，huílai zài gēn nǐmen zhōuxuán 。
You two can sneer all you like, but lady luck is fickle. I'm going to the toilet, I'll deal with you when I get back.
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