掉向
diào xiàng
Pinyin

Definition

掉向
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diào xiàng
  1. to turn
  2. to adjust one's direction
  3. to lose one's bearings

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

Xiàng
  1. 1 surname Xiang
diào
  1. 1 to fall
  2. 2 to drop
  3. 3 to lag behind
  4. 4 to lose
  5. 5 to go missing
  6. 6 to reduce
  7. 7 fall (in prices)
  8. 8 to lose (value, weight etc)
  9. 9 to wag
  10. 10 to swing
  11. 11 to turn
  12. 12 to change
  13. 13 to exchange
  14. 14 to swap
  15. 15 to show off
  16. 16 to shed (hair)
  17. 17 (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc)
fāng xiàng
  1. 1 direction
  2. 2 orientation
  3. 3 path to follow
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
yī xiàng
  1. 1 always (previously)
  2. 2 a period of time in the recent past
diū diào
  1. 1 to lose
  2. 2 to throw away
  3. 3 to discard
  4. 4 to cast away

Idioms (14)

向壁虚构
xiàng bì xū gòu
  1. 1 facing a wall, an imaginary construction (idiom); baseless fabrication
向壁虚造
xiàng bì xū zào
  1. 1 facing a wall, an imaginary construction (idiom); baseless fabrication
向隅
xiàng yú
  1. 1 lit. to face the corner (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to miss out on sth
天上不会掉馅饼
tiān shàng bù huì diào xiàn bǐng
  1. 1 there is no such thing as a free lunch (idiom)
天上掉馅饼
tiān shàng diào xiàn bǐng
  1. 1 a meat pie falls from the sky (idiom)
  2. 2 to have something fall into your lap