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乾坤

qián kūn

2-character word

What 乾坤 means

1. yin and yang; heaven and earth; the universe

The characters in 乾坤

• 乾qiánone of the Eight Trigrams 八卦; male principle; ☰
• 坤kūnone of the Eight Trigrams 八卦; female principle; ☷

Words containing 乾坤

• 扭转乾坤niǔ zhuǎn qián kūnlit. to upend heaven and earth (idiom); fig. to change the course of events…

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