转折
zhuǎnzhé
turning; twist; change in direction
Characters in this word
折 zhé
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 斤 axe
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 小说后半部分的转折并不突兀，因为前文已经埋下多处伏笔。 Xiǎoshuō hòu bàn bùfen de zhuǎnzhé bìng bù tūwù, yīnwèi qiánwén yǐjīng mái xià duō chù fúbǐ. The twist in the second half of the novel is not abrupt, because the earlier text has already planted several clues.
- 比赛最后十分钟出现转折，落后的球队反败为胜。 Bǐsài zuìhòu shí fēnzhōng chūxiàn zhuǎnzhé, luòhòu de qiúduì fǎn bài wéi shèng. In the final ten minutes the match took a twist, and the losing team came back to win.
- 谈判陷入僵局后，一个新提议带来了转折。 Tánpàn xiànrù jiāngjú hòu, yí gè xīn tíyì dàilái le zhuǎnzhé. After the negotiations reached a deadlock, a new proposal brought a turning point.
Related words
- 转 zhuǎn to turn
- 转变 zhuǎnbiàn to change; change
- 转动 zhuǎndòng to turn; to rotate
- 转告 zhuǎngào to pass on a message
- 转身 zhuǎnshēn to turn around
- 转弯 zhuǎnwān to turn a corner
- 转移 zhuǎnyí to move; to shift
- 转化 zhuǎnhuà to transform
- 转换 zhuǎnhuàn to switch; to change
- 转让 zhuǎnràng to transfer
- 转向 zhuǎnxiàng to turn
- 旋转 xuánzhuǎn to rotate, to revolve