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扭转乾坤

niǔ zhuǎn qián kūn

4-character word Traditional 扭轉乾坤

What 扭转乾坤 means

1. lit. to upend heaven and earth (idiom)
2. fig. to change the course of events
3. to turn things around

The characters in 扭转乾坤

• 扭niǔto turn; to twist; to wring
• 转zhuǎnto turn; to change direction; to transfer
• 乾qiánone of the Eight Trigrams 八卦; male principle; ☰
• 坤kūnone of the Eight Trigrams 八卦; female principle; ☷