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Mandarin · pinyin diào zhuǎn

to reassign sb to a different job
to turn around
to change direction
to make a U turn

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调: diào · transfer, move, change; tune
转: zhuǎn · shift, move, turn

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4–3 · diao4 zhuan3

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verb

to reassign somebody to a different job
synonym of 掉轉 /掉转 (diàozhuǎn, “to turn around; to change direction; to make a U-turn”)
(Cantonese) to turn backwards
(Cantonese) to exchange (something) for (something else)

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