旋乾转坤 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• lit. overturning heaven and earth ; earth-shattering
• a radical change

Character by character

• 旋xuánto revolve, to orbit, to return
• 乾qiánarid, dry; to fertilize; to penetrate; heavenly ge
• 转zhuǎnto move, to convey; to turn, to revolve, to circle
• 坤kūnearth; feminine

Idioms sharing a character

• 天旋地转 tiān xuán dì zhuàn
• 盘旋曲折 pán xuán qū zhé
• 祸不旋踵 huò bù xuán zhǒng
• 扭转乾坤 niǔ zhuǎn qián kūn
• 朝乾夕惕 zhāo qián xī tì
• 回心转意 huí xīn zhuǎn yì
• 峰回路转 fēng huí lù zhuǎn
• 急转直下 jí zhuǎn zhí xià
• 时来运转 shí lái yùn zhuǎn
• 珠流璧转 zhū liú bì zhuǎn

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