拨乱反正 Chinese English dictionary 拨乱反正 translate 拨乱反正 pinyin

拨乱反正

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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
拨乱反正 bōluànfǎnzhèng	拨乱反正 \| 拨乱反正* \| *拨乱反正	bring order out of chaos / set to rights things which have been thrown into disorder	撥亂反正

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Character		Tot Str Rad / Str	Mandarin Pīnyīn	Unihan Definition standalone and in compounds	Jyutping Cantonese	Variant Four corner Cangjie
拨	拨 \| 拨* \| *拨	8画手扌 + 5	bō, fá	move; dispel; distribute	but6	撥 5304 QIVE


乱	乱 \| 乱* \| *乱	7画乙乚 + 6	luàn	confusion, state of chaos, revolt	lyun6	亂 2261.0 HRU


反	反 \| 反* \| *反	4画又 + 2	fǎn, fān	reverse, opposite, contrary, anti	faan2	7124.7 HE


正	正 \| 正* \| *正	5画止 + 1	zhèng, zhēng	right, proper, correct	zing3	1010.1 MYLM

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Simplified		English Definition
拨乱反正 bōluànfǎnzhèng	拨乱反正 \| 拨乱反正* \| *拨乱反正	bring order out of chaos / set to rights things which have been thrown into disorder


拨 bō	拨 \| 拨* \| *拨	to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc / to dial / to allocate / to set aside (money) / to poke (the fire) / to pluck (a string instrument) / to turn round / classifier: group, batch


乱　luàn	乱 \| 乱* \| *乱	in confusion or disorder / in a confused state of mind / disorder / upheaval / riot / illicit sexual relations / to throw into disorder / to mix up / indiscriminate / random / arbitrary


反　　fǎn	反 \| 反* \| *反	contrary / in reverse / inside out or upside down / to reverse / to return / to oppose / opposite / against / anti- / to rebel / to use analogy / instead / abbr. for 反切 phonetic system


反正　　fǎnzhèng	反正 \| 反正* \| *反正	anyway / in any case / to come over from the enemy's side


正　　　zhēng	正 \| 正* \| *正	first month of the lunar year


正　　　zhèng	正 \| 正* \| *正	straight / upright / proper / main / principal / to correct / to rectify / exactly / just (at that time) / right (in that place) / (math.) positive