调转 (調轉)
diào zhuǎn
Pinyin
Definition
调转 (調轉)
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- to reassign sb to a different job
- to turn around
- to change direction
- to make a U turn
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 to change (train or plane)
- 2 transfer
- 3 correspondence
- 1 low pitch
- 2 quiet (voice)
- 3 subdued
- 4 low-key
- 5 low-profile
- 1 to emphasize (a statement)
- 2 to stress
- 1 air conditioning
- 2 air conditioner (including units that have a heating mode)
- 3 classifier: 台 tái
- 1 to transfer
- 2 to move (troops or cadres)
- 3 to investigate
- 4 to enquire into
- 5 accent
- 6 view
- 7 argument
- 8 key (in music)
- 9 mode (music)
- 10 tune
- 11 tone
- 12 melody
Idioms (20)
唱高调
- 1 to sing the high part
- 2 to speak fine sounding but empty words (idiom)
单调乏味
- 1 monotonous
- 2 dull
- 3 tedious (idiom)
回心转意
- 1 to change one's mind (idiom)
天摇地转
- 1 lit. the sky shakes and the ground revolves
- 2 momentous changes are underway (idiom)
天旋地转
- 1 the sky spins, the earth goes round (idiom); giddy with one's head spinning
- 2 fig. huge changes in the world