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話鋒一轉

简话锋一转 · 繁話鋒一轉

Mandarin · pinyin huà fēng yī zhuǎn

to change the direction or tone of a conversation

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話: huà · speech, talk, language; dialect
鋒: Look up this written character
一: yī · one; a, an; alone
轉: Look up this written character
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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