峰 fēng
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 山 — mountain, hill, peak
- Made of
- 山 mountain, hill, peak 夆 to resist
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
峰回路转
fēnghuílùzhuǎn
a sudden turn after twists and turns
Characters in this word
回 huí
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 囗 — enclosure
- Made of
- 囗 enclosure 口 mouth
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 比赛最后一分钟，局面峰回路转，我们队赢了。 Bǐsài zuìhòu yì fēnzhōng, júmiàn fēnghuí lùzhuǎn, wǒmen duì yíng le. In the last minute of the match the situation took a dramatic turn, and our team won.
- 本来大家都已经放弃了，事情却峰回路转。 Běnlái dàjiā dōu yǐjīng fàngqì le, shìqing què fēnghuí lùzhuǎn. Everyone had already given up, but then things took an unexpected turn for the better.
- 山路转过一道弯，眼前竟峰回路转，出现了一个村庄。 Shānlù zhuǎn guò yí dào wān, yǎnqián jìng fēnghuí lùzhuǎn, chūxiàn le yí gè cūnzhuāng. The mountain road turned a bend, and unexpectedly a village appeared before our eyes.
Related words
- 高峰 gāofēng peak, summit
- 山峰 shānfēng mountain peak
- 巅峰 diānfēng peak; summit; pinnacle
- 峰会 fēnghuì summit; summit meeting
- 回 huí to return, to go back
- 回答 huídá to answer; answer
- 回到 huídào to return to
- 回家 huíjiā to go home
- 回来 huílái to come back
- 回去 huíqù to go back
- 回 huí time, occasion (measure word)
- 回国 huíguó to return to one’s country