扭轉乾坤

Chinese

		to turn around; to reverse; to turn around to turn around; to reverse; to turn around; to remedy	the ䷀ and ䷁ hexagrams from the I Ching; heaven and earth
trad. (扭轉乾坤)		扭轉	乾坤
simp. (扭转乾坤)		扭转	乾坤

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niǔzhuǎnqiánkūn

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄡˇ ㄓㄨㄢˇ ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄎㄨㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nau² zyun² kin⁴ kwan¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liú-choán khiân-khun

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niǔzhuǎnqiánkūn [Phonetic: niúzhuǎnqiánkūn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄡˇ ㄓㄨㄢˇ ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄎㄨㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: niǒujhuǎnciánkun
    • Wade–Giles: niu³-chuan³-chʻien²-kʻun¹
    • Yale: nyǒu-jwǎn-chyán-kwūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neoujoanchyankuen
    • Palladius: нючжуаньцянькунь (njučžuanʹcjanʹkunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ kʰu̯ən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: nau² zyun² kin⁴ kwan¹
    • Yale: náu jyún kìhn kwān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nau² dzyn² kin⁴ kwan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: neo² jun² kin⁴ kuen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɐu̯³⁵ t͡syːn³⁵ kʰiːn²¹ kʷʰɐn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liú-choán khiân-khun
    • Tâi-lô: liú-tsuán khiân-khun
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liwzoarn qienqwn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡suan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰiɛn²⁴⁻²² kʰun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡suan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰiɛn²⁴⁻²² kʰun³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡suan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰiɛn¹³⁻²² kʰun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡suan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰiɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡suan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰiɛn²³⁻³³ kʰun⁴⁴/

Idiom

扭轉乾坤

1. to bring about radical change in a situation
2. to reverse a course of events