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旋乾轉坤

简旋乾转坤 · 繁旋乾轉坤

Mandarin · pinyin xuán qián zhuǎn kūn

lit. overturning heaven and earth (idiom); earth-shattering
a radical change

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旋: xuán · revolve, move in orbit; return
乾: qián · gān · dry; warming principle of the sun, penetrating and fertilizing, heavenly generative principle (male); trigram ☰; hexagram ䷀
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坤: kūn · earth; feminine, female; trigram ☷; hexagram ䷁
转: zhuǎn · shift, move, turn

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2–2–3–1 · xuan2 qian2 zhuan3 kun1

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syun4 kin4 zyun2 kwan1

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