峰回路转 — Chinese idiom
峰回路转
fēng huí lù zhuǎn
Traditional: 峰回路轉
Meaning
- the mountain road twists around each new peak
- (of a mountain road) twisting and turning
- fig. an opportunity has come unexpectedly
- things have taken a new turn
Character by character
- 峰fēngpeak, summit; a camel's hump
- 回huíto return, to turn around; a time
- 路lùroad, path, street; journey
- 转zhuǎnto move, to convey; to turn, to revolve, to circle
Idioms sharing a character
- 民变峰起 mín biàn fēng qǐ
- 回嗔作喜 huí chēn zuò xǐ
- 回天乏术 huí tiān fá shù
- 回心转意 huí xīn zhuǎn yì
- 回禄之灾 Huí lù zhī zāi
- 妙手回春 miào shǒu huí chūn
- 有去无回 yǒu qù wú huí
- 浪子回头 làng zǐ huí tóu
- 无力回天 wú lì huí tiān
- 起死回生 qǐ sǐ huí shēng
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