扭转乾坤 niǔ zhuǎn qián kūn

DEFINITIONS

  1. lit. to upend heaven and earth (idiom)
  2. fig. to change the course of events
  3. to turn things around

CHARACTERS

扭 niǔ
HSK 6
turn, twist, wrench; seize, grasp
转 zhuǎn
HSK 4
shift, move, turn
乾 qián dry; first hexagram; warming principle of the sun, penetrating and fertilizing, heavenly generative principle (male)
坤 kūn earth; feminine, female