Word information
Simplified峰回路转
Traditional峰回路轉
Pinyinfēnghuí-lùzhuǎn
Part of speechGeneral
HSK 3.07-9
HSK 2.0Not listed
Chinese word dictionary
峰回路转
fēnghuí-lùzhuǎn · 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
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回huí
to circle; to go back; to turn around; to answer; to return; to revolve; Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims); time; classifier for acts of a play; section or chapter (of a classic book); to curve; to return; to revolve; variant of 迴|回[hui2]
回来huíláito return; to come back
回去huíqùto return; to go back
路lùroad (CL:條|条[tiao2]); journey; route; line (bus etc); sort; kind; surname Lu
路上lùshangon the road; on the way; en route
走路zǒulùto walk; to go on foot; to leave; to depart; (informal) to clear off; to beat it; (of sb who gets fired or resigns) to leave the job; to get out