旋乾转坤 in English xuan2 qian2 zhuan3 kun1 Meaning

Meanings

  • literally (word for word) overturning heaven and earth (idiomatic expression); earth-shattering
  • a radical change

Simplified Characters

旋 乾 转 坤

Traditional Characters

旋 乾 轉 坤

Pinyin

xuan2 qian2 zhuan3 kun1

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

旋xuan2to revolve 乾qian2old variant of 乾[qian2] 转zhuan3see 轉文|转文[zhuai3 wen2] 坤kun1one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing earth