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HSK
to rotate / to revolve / to spin / to whirl
HSK 6
(of a person) to turn round / to face about / (of a widow) to remarry (archaic)
HSK 4
to change direction / fig. to change one's stance
HSK 5
to improve / to take a turn for the better / improvement
HSK 6
to transfer (ownership, rights etc)
HSK 5
to shift; to relocate; to transfer / (fig.) to shift (attention); to change (the subject etc) / (medicine) to metastasize
HSK 4
to turn sth around / to swivel
HSK 4
to pass on / to communicate / to transmit
HSK 4
to change / to transform / shift / transformation / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to change over to; to shift to; to switch to
to change / to switch / to convert / to transform
HSK 5
to pass on / to convey / to communicate
HSK 7-9
to turn / to go around a corner
HSK 4
to know all the ins and outs of sth / to get to know (a place) inside out
transfer of property rights; (real estate) title transfer
lit. pearl flows, jade moves on (idiom); fig. the passage of time / water under the bridge
to make a sudden turn
HSK 7-9
to change job or profession
to have a cash flow problem
to rotate about an axis / axis of rotation (math.)
metastasis
chakravarti raja (emperor in Hindu mythology)
lit. the Big Dipper 北斗星 has turned and the stars have moved / time flies / also written 斗轉星移|斗转星移
to turn one's head / in no time / in the twinkling of an eye
to change; to turn; to convert / (genetics) to transform / (chemistry) isomerization
HSK 5
to transfer (from one unit to another)
to roll / to wander around / to appear repeatedly
HSK 7-9
to rotate (about an axis) / to revolve / to turn / to move in a circle / to gyrate
HSK 6
to remarry (of widow) / to pass on (blame, cost, obligation, unpleasant consequence etc) / to transfer (blame, guilt) / to pass the buck
U-turn
transit hub; transport hub; interchange
lit. to upend heaven and earth (idiom) / fig. to change the course of events / to turn things around
rotary drum
the following day; next day
to forward (a shipment) / to reprint sth published elsewhere / Taiwan pr. [zhuan3 zai4]
HSK 7-9
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
HSK 7-9
(of a student) to change schools; to transfer from one school to another
HSK 7-9
orbital revolution
to pass on to sb / to carry and give to sb else
HSK 7-9
connecting flight
to pass on (stories) / to relate
to have financial difficulties / unable to make ends meet
relay / broadcast (on radio or TV)
HSK 7-9
to tack (of sailing ship) / to jibe / to go about
unable to take one's eyes off (idiom); to gaze steadily / to stare
HSK 7-9
to approve and forward / to endorse / stamp "approved for distribution"
converter (rotary furnace in steelmaking)
shift in the trend of events / turnaround / plot shift in a book / turn in the conversation
HSK 7-9
genetically modified (GM) food
to transmit / to forward (mail, SMS, packets of data) / to pass on / to republish (an article from another publication)
amino transferase (enzyme)
in a flash / in the blink of an eye / to glance
HSK 7-9
to change one's mind (idiom)
to get lost / to lose one's way
deflection (physics) / deviation (away from a straight line)
with fixed attention (idiom)
to undergo fundamental change; to transition; to transform / to update (to a new model of product)
HSK 7-9
revolving fund / working capital / petty cash / turnover
to parade by interspersing one's speech or writing with literary allusions / Taiwan pr. [zhuan3 wen2]
(Internet) to repost (Tw)
the sky spins, the earth goes round (idiom); giddy with one's head spinning / fig. huge changes in the world
to broadcast live from the scene / live relay
to change (train or plane) / transfer / correspondence
(idiom) in the wink of an eye; in a flash
transfer payment (payment from government or private sector for which no good or service is required in return)
to rotate / to circulate (cash, stock etc) / turnover / circulation / cash flow
lit. if the mountain won't move, the river will go around it (idiom) / fig. there's always a way forward, even when faced with obstacles
gazing fixedly (idiom)
debit card
to move nimbly about, dodging and weaving (martial arts)
negotiable securities
transfer student
(to take) a turn for the better / to change planes
HSK 7-9
transfer desk / correspondence desk
(slang) to be genderswapped (abbr. for 性別轉換|性别转换)
lit. if the mountain won't move, the road will go around it (idiom) / fig. there's always a way forward, even when faced with obstacles
(medicine) testicular torsion
to transpose
to reverse / to turn around (an undesirable situation) / (mechanics) torsion
HSK 7-9
genre of song-and-dance duet popular in northeast China
angle of drift (navigation) / deflection (from course) / angle of divergence
to transfer / to change trains, buses etc
fast-forward
to turn left (Shanghainese)
to be on the move / to roam or wander / to circulate (of goods or capital)
HSK 7-9
to roll / to turn over / to invert / to flip
(voice, music) suave / mellow / (speech) indirect / tactful
analog-to-digital converter (ADC)
reincarnation (Buddhism)
to change production / to move over to new products
transfer fee / signing bonus / sign-on bonus
revolving door
the time comes, fortune turns (idiom); to have a lucky break / things change for the better
to transduce
to change profession
converter / transducer
to adapt for use for another purpose
to translate (to another language) / to convert
retrovirus
to turn around

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