扭转乾坤

Traditional: 扭轉乾坤

niǔ zhuǎn qián kūn

Dictionary entry

lit. to upend heaven and earth (idiom)

What does 扭转乾坤 mean?

扭转乾坤 (niǔ zhuǎn qián kūn) has the following dictionary meaning.

1lit. to upend heaven and earth (idiom)

2fig. to change the course of events

3to turn things around

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扭niǔto turn · to twist 转zhuǎisee 轉文|转文[zhuai3 wen2]乾qiánold variant of 乾[qian2]坤kūnone of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing earth · female principle

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How to pronounce 扭转乾坤

扭转乾坤

niǔ zhuǎn qián kūn

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