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轉向

简转向 · 繁轉向

Mandarin · pinyin zhuǎn xiàng#

to change direction
fig. to change one's stance

Mandarin · pinyin zhuàn xiàng#

to get lost
to lose one's way

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轉: Look up this written character
向: xiàng · toward, direction, trend
转: zhuǎn · shift, move, turn

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3–4 · zhuan3 xiang4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

zyun2 hoeng3

Cantonese word readings for 轉向. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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verb

(literal, figurative) to change direction; to turn
(literal, figurative) to divert; to deflect

verb

to lose one's way; to get lost

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