曲折

Traditional form:

曲折

Pinyin (reading):

qūzhé

Definitions:

• winding
• (fig.) complicated

Characters:

• 曲 - crooked, bent; wrong, false
• 折 - to break, to snap; to fold, to bend; to bow; humble

Traditional characters:

• 曲 - crooked, bent; wrong, false
• 折 - to break, to snap; to fold, to bend; to bow; humble