峰
回
路
转

The mountain road twists around each new peak (idiom) in Chinese: 峰回路转 (fēng huí lù zhuǎn)

fēng huí lù zhuǎn

the mountain road twists around each new peak (idiom)

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 峰回路轉1 example sentence

Definitions

  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

Stroke order

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峰
回
路
转

Zhuyin

This word’s pronunciation in Bopomofo.

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ㄈㄥ

fēng

ㄈ/ fㄥ/ eng—/ first tone

ㄏㄨㄟˊ

huí

ㄏ/ hㄨ/ uㄟ/ eiˊ/ second tone

ㄌㄨˋ

lù

ㄌ/ lㄨ/ uˋ/ fourth tone

ㄓㄨㄢˇ

zhuǎn

ㄓ/ zhㄨ/ uㄢ/ anˇ/ third tone

Simplified & traditional

峰回路转

Simplified

峰回路轉

Traditional

Example sentences

See 峰回路转 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 事情峰回路转，最后终于解决了。

    shì qíng fēng huí lù zhuǎn， zuì hòu zhōng yú jiě jué le。

    Things took an unexpected turn and were finally resolved.

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Related words

回

huí

to circle

路

lù

road

转

zhuǎn

to turn

回答

huí dá

to reply

回忆

huí yì

to recall

迷路

mí lù

to lose the way

一路

yī lù

the whole journey

转变

zhuǎn biàn

to change

转告

zhuǎn gào

to pass on

回到

huí dào

to return to

回家

huí jiā

to return home

回来

huí lai

to return

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