fēng huí lù zhuǎn

Traditional: 峰回路轉

HSK 7–9

峰回路转 (fēng huí lù zhuǎn) is a Chinese word meaning “the mountain road twists around each new peak (idiom); (of a mountain road) twisting and turning; fig. an opportunity has come unexpectedly”.

Meanings

  1. 1the mountain road twists around each new peak (idiom)
  2. 2(of a mountain road) twisting and turning
  3. 3fig. an opportunity has come unexpectedly
  4. 4things have taken a new turn

Characters in 峰回路转

峰fēng · (of a mountain) high and tapered peak or summit回huí · to go back; to return; to turn back; to turn around路lù · road (CL:條|条[tiao2])转zhuǎn · to turn

Related words

回to go back; to return; to turn back; to turn around回to curve回Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims)回variant of 迴|回[hui2]回来to return; to come back回家to return home回去to return路road (CL:條|条[tiao2])路surname Lu转to turn转to revolve转see 轉文|转文[zhuai3 wen2]

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