扭轉乾坤

Chinese

		to turn around; to reverse; to turn around to turn around; to reverse; to turn around; to remedy	the ䷀ and ䷁ hexagrams from the I Ching; heaven and earth
trad. (扭轉乾坤)		扭轉	乾坤
simp. (扭转乾坤)		扭转	乾坤

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): niǔzhuǎnqiánkūn

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄡˇ ㄓㄨㄢˇ ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄎㄨㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): nau² zyun² kin⁴ kwan¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liú-choán khiân-khun

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: niǔzhuǎnqiánkūn [Phonetic: niúzhuǎnqiánkūn]
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄡˇ ㄓㄨㄢˇ ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄎㄨㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: niǒujhuǎnciánkun
  - Wade–Giles: niu³-chuan³-chʻien²-kʻun¹
  - Yale: nyǒu-jwǎn-chyán-kwūn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neoujoanchyankuen
  - Palladius: нючжуаньцянькунь (njučžuanʹcjanʹkunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ kʰu̯ən⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: nau² zyun² kin⁴ kwan¹
  - Yale: náu jyún kìhn kwān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: nau² dzyn² kin⁴ kwan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: neo² jun² kin⁴ kuen¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɐu̯³⁵ t͡syːn³⁵ kʰiːn²¹ kʷʰɐn⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liú-choán khiân-khun
  - Tâi-lô: liú-tsuán khiân-khun
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liwzoarn qienqwn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /liu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡suan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰiɛn²⁴⁻²² kʰun⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡suan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰiɛn²⁴⁻²² kʰun³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡suan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰiɛn¹³⁻²² kʰun⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /liu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡suan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰiɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰun⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡suan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰiɛn²³⁻³³ kʰun⁴⁴/

Idiom

扭轉乾坤

to bring about radical change in a situation
to reverse a course of events

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