扭转乾坤

Traditional form:

扭轉乾坤

Pinyin (reading):

niǔzhuǎnqiánkūn

Definitions:

• lit. to upend heaven and earth (idiom)
• fig. to change the course of events
• to turn things around

Characters:

• 扭 - to turn, to twist, to wrench; to grasp, to seize
• 转 - to move, to convey; to turn, to revolve, to circle; to forward mail
• 乾 - arid, dry; to fertilize; to penetrate; heavenly generative principle (male)
• 坤 - earth; feminine

Traditional characters:

• 扭 - to turn, to twist, to wrench; to grasp, to seize
• 轉 - to move, to convey; to turn, to revolve, to circle; to forward mail
• 乾 - arid, dry; to fertilize; to penetrate; heavenly generative principle (male)
• 坤 - earth; feminine