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扭转

niǔ zhuǎn

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 扭轉

扭转 (niǔ zhuǎn) means "to reverse; to turn around (an undesirable situation); (mechanics) torsion". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 扭转 means

1. to reverse
2. to turn around (an undesirable situation)
3. (mechanics) torsion

The characters in 扭转

• 扭niǔto turn; to twist; to wring
• 转zhuǎnto turn; to change direction; to transfer

Example sentences

• 扭转治疗是酷刑。
  Conversion therapy is torture.
• 他觉得自己占了上风，但我反过来扭转了局面。
  Tā juéde zìjǐ zhàn le shàngfēng, dàn wǒ fǎnguolái niǔzhuǎn liǎojú miàn.
  He thought he had the upper hand, but I turned the tables on him.

Words starting with 扭转

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

Words containing 扭转

• 睾丸扭转gāo wán niǔ zhuǎn(medicine) testicular torsion

Where 扭转 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · é–Oū (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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