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chāo to make a copy / to plagiarize / to search and seize / to raid / to grab / to go off with / to take a shortcut / to make a turning move / to fold one's arms
背着 bèi zhe turning one's back to (sth or sb) / keeping sth secret from (sb) / keeping (one's hands) behind one's back
契机 opportunity / turning point / juncture
翻天覆地 fān tiān sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion / everything turned on its head
峰回路转 fēng huí zhuǎn the mountain road twists around each new peak (idiom) / (of a mountain road) twisting and turning / fig. an opportunity has come unexpectedly / things have taken a new turn
转折点 zhuǎn zhé diǎn turning point / breaking point
zhé turning stroke (in Chinese characters), aka 折[zhe2]
扭力 niǔ torque / turning force / torsion
扭矩 niǔ torque / turning force
盘盘 pán pán twisting and turning
转头 zhuàn tóu nutation (plants turning to face the sun)
拐点 guǎi diǎn turning point / breaking point / inflexion point (math., a point of a curve at which the curvature changes sign)
终身大事 zhōng shēn shì major turning point of lifelong import (esp. marriage)
逐客令 zhú lìng the First Emperor's order to expel foreigners / (fig.) notice to leave / words or behavior intended at turning visitors out
天翻地覆 tiān fān sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion / everything turned on its head
旋木 xuàn wood turning / woodwork lathe
曲里拐弯 guǎi wān winding and turning (idiom)
七弯八拐 wān - guǎi (idiom) twisting and turning / (idiom) tricky and complicated
转捩点 zhuǎn liè diǎn turning point
绕绕 rào rào twisting and turning / involved and tricky
拧开 nǐng kāi to unscrew / to twist off (a lid) / to turn on (a faucet) / to switch on (by turning a knob) / to turn (a door handle) / to wrench apart
出岔子 chū chà zi to go wrong / to take a wrong turning
头座 tóu zuò headstock / turning head of a screw, drill, lathe etc
开弓没有回头箭 kāi gōng méi yǒu huí tóu jiàn lit. once you've shot the arrow, there's no getting it back (idiom) / fig. once you started sth, there's no turning back / to have to finish what one started / to be determined to reach one's goals in spite of setbacks
刹把 shā brake lever / crank handle for stopping or turning off machinery


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