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Offering free Chinese study resources is our priority. This series showcases idioms and proverbs, widely applicable phrases. Today’s idiom is 「旋轉乾坤」, explained here.

Learn about the idiom 「旋轉乾坤」: its definition and how it’s used are detailed here.

Turn the world upside down. A metaphor for fundamentally changing the social landscape or existing situation. It also means that a person has great courage.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

xuán zhuǎn gàn kūn

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

syun4 jyun2 gon3 kwan1

There are a countless number of Chinese idioms, each with unique meanings and applications. We’ve provided these resources to help guide you as you dive deeper into learning Chinese.