xuán qián zhuǎn kūn

Traditional: 旋乾轉坤

旋乾转坤 (xuán qián zhuǎn kūn) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. overturning heaven and earth (idiom); earth-shattering; a radical change”.

Meanings

  1. 1lit. overturning heaven and earth (idiom); earth-shattering
  2. 2a radical change

Characters in 旋乾转坤

旋xuán · to revolve乾qián · one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing heaven转zhuǎn · to turn坤kūn · one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing earth

Related words

转to turn转to revolve转see 轉文|转文[zhuai3 wen2]转移to shift; to relocate; to transfer旋转to rotate转身(of a person) to turn round转变to change好转to improve转转to go for a stroll转换to change运转to work转向to change direction

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