扭转乾坤 in English niu3 zhuan3 qian2 kun1 Meaning

Meanings

  • literally (word for word) to upend heaven and earth (idiomatic expression)
  • metaphorically to change the course of events
  • to turn things around

Simplified Characters

扭 转 乾 坤

Traditional Characters

扭 轉 乾 坤

Pinyin

niu3 zhuan3 qian2 kun1

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

扭niu3to turn 转zhuan3see 轉文|转文[zhuai3 wen2] 乾qian2old variant of 乾[qian2] 坤kun1one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing earth