HSK 6 vocabulary › 曲折
曲折
曲折 in English: winding; complicated
qū zhé
winding; (fig.) complicated
How to pronounce 曲折
qū zhé (without tone marks: qu zhe). qū is a first (high, level) tone; zhé is a second (rising) tone.
Characters in 曲折
曲 qū
bent; crooked; wrong
bent; crooked; wrong
折 zhé
to snap; to break (a stick, a bone etc); (bound form) to sustain a loss (in business)
to snap; to break (a stick, a bone etc); (bound form) to sustain a loss (in business)
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| 折磨 | zhé mó | to torment; to torture | HSK 6 |
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