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转折

zhuǎn zhé

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

转折 (zhuǎn zhé) means "shift in the trend of events; turnaround; plot shift in a book". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 转折 means

1. shift in the trend of events
2. turnaround
3. plot shift in a book
4. turn in the conversation

The characters in 转折

• 转zhuǎnto turn; to change direction; to transfer
• 折zhéto break; to fracture; to snap

Example sentences

• 这是一个历史的转折点。
  Zhè shì yī gè lìshǐ de zhuǎnzhédiǎn.
  This is a turning point in history.
• 这件事是他人生的一个重要的转折点。
  Zhè jiàn shì shì tārén shēng de yī gè zhòngyào de zhuǎnzhédiǎn.
  This was the turning point of his life.

Words starting with 转折

• 转折点zhuǎn zhé diǎnturning point; breaking point

Where 转折 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · zhuān–zhuǎn (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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