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抄 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
契机 qì jī opportunity; turning point
乙 zhé turning stroke (in Chinese characters), aka 折[zhe2]
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
峰回路转 fēng huí lù 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
终身大事 zhōng shēn dà shì major turning point of lifelong import (esp. marriage)
出岔子 chū chà zi to go wrong / to take a wrong turning
扭矩 niǔ jǔ torque / turning force
拐点 guǎi diǎn turning point / breaking point / inflexion point (math., a point of a curve at which the curvature changes sign)
曲里拐弯 qū lǐ guǎi wān winding and turning (idiom)
翻天覆地 fān tiān fù dì sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion / everything turned on its head
翻手为云覆手变雨 fān shǒu wéi yún fù shǒu biàn yǔ lit. turning his hand palm up he gathers the clouds, turning his hand palm down he turns them to rain / very powerful and capable (idiom)
天翻地覆 tiān fān dì fù sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion / everything turned on its head
扭力 niǔ lì torque / turning force / torsion
旋木 xuàn mù wood turning / woodwork lathe
不归路 bù guī lù road to ruin; course of action from which there is no turning back
头座 tóu zuò headstock / turning head of a screw, drill, lathe etc
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
绕绕 rào rào twisting and turning / involved and tricky
转向信号 zhuǎn xiàng xìn hào turn signal (auto.) / turning indicator
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
以子之矛,攻子之盾 yǐ zǐ zhī máo , gōng zǐ zhī dùn lit. use sb's spear to attack his shield (idiom, derived from Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子); turning a weapon against its owner / fig. to attack an opponent using his own devices / hoist with his own petard
乍青乍白 zhà qīng zhà bái (of sb's face) turning alternately green and white
逐客令 zhú kè lìng the First Emperor's order to expel foreigners / (fig.) notice to leave / words or behavior intended at turning visitors out


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