話鋒一轉

简 话锋一转 · 繁 話鋒一轉
Mandarin · pinyin huà fēng yī zhuǎn

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  1. to change the direction or tone of a conversation
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話
huà · speech, talk, language; dialect
鋒
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一
yī · one; a, an; alone
轉
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话
huà · speech, talk, language; dialect
锋
fēng · point of spear, sharp point
转
zhuǎn · shift, move, turn
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4–1–1–3 · hua4 feng1 yi1 zhuan3

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