峰回路转/峰回路轉 fēng huí lù zhuǎn — the mountain road twists around each new peak (idiom)

Meanings

1. 1

   the mountain road twists around each new peak (idiom)

   the mountain road twists around each new peak (idiom); (of a mountain road) twisting and turning; fig. an opportunity has come unexpectedly; things have taken a new turn

   verb

Character breakdown

• 回

  huí (second tone, rising)

  to return, to go back; to turn round; to reply; a time, an occasion (measure word); a chapter of a novel

  6 strokes⿴囗口Radical 囗
• 路

  lù (fourth tone, falling)

  road, path, way; a route, a bus line; a way of doing something

  13 strokes⿰⻊各Radical 足

Words containing 回

• 回huí (second tone, rising)to return, to go back
• 回来/回來huí (second tone, rising) lai (neutral tone)to return; to come back
• 回家huí (second tone, rising) jiā (first tone, high and level)to return home
• 回到huí (second tone, rising) dào (fourth tone, falling)to return to
• 回去huí (second tone, rising) qu (neutral tone)to return
• 回答huídá (second tone, rising)to answer, to reply
• 回忆/回憶huí (second tone, rising) yì (fourth tone, falling)to recall
• 回复/回復huí (second tone, rising) fù (fourth tone, falling)to reply
• 回头/回頭huí (second tone, rising) tóu (second tone, rising)to turn round; to turn one's head
• 回报/回報huí (second tone, rising) bào (fourth tone, falling)(in) return
• 返回fǎn (third tone, dipping) huí (second tone, rising)to return to
• 回归/回歸huí (second tone, rising) guī (first tone, high and level)to return to
• 收回shōu (first tone, high and level) huí (second tone, rising)to regain
• 回顾/回顧huí (second tone, rising) gù (fourth tone, falling)to look back
• 回应/回應huí (second tone, rising) yìng (fourth tone, falling)to respond
• 回收huí (second tone, rising) shōu (first tone, high and level)to recycle
• 回避huí (second tone, rising) bì (fourth tone, falling)to shun
• 回想huí (second tone, rising) xiǎng (third tone, dipping)to recall

Words containing 路

• 路lù (fourth tone, falling)road, way
• 路上lù (fourth tone, falling) shang (neutral tone)on the road
• 道路dào (fourth tone, falling) lù (fourth tone, falling)road
• 公路gōng (first tone, high and level) lù (fourth tone, falling)highway
• 一路yī (first tone, high and level) lù (fourth tone, falling)the whole journey
• 路线/路線lù (fourth tone, falling) xiàn (fourth tone, falling)itinerary
• 线路/線路xiàn (fourth tone, falling) lù (fourth tone, falling)(electricity) line; circuit; wire
• 路过/路過lù (fourth tone, falling) guò (fourth tone, falling)to pass by or through
• 铁路/鐵路tiě (third tone, dipping) lù (fourth tone, falling)railroad
• 走路zǒu (third tone, dipping) lù (fourth tone, falling)to walk
• 马路/馬路mǎ (third tone, dipping) lù (fourth tone, falling)street
• 思路sī (first tone, high and level) lù (fourth tone, falling)line of thought; way of thinking
• 路边/路邊lù (fourth tone, falling) biān (first tone, high and level)curb; roadside; wayside
• 路口lù (fourth tone, falling) kǒu (third tone, dipping)crossing
• 出路chū (first tone, high and level) lù (fourth tone, falling)a way out (of a difficulty etc)
• 路程lù (fourth tone, falling) chéng (second tone, rising)route
• 一路上yī (first tone, high and level) lù (fourth tone, falling) shàng (fourth tone, falling)along the way
• 路人lù (fourth tone, falling) rén (second tone, rising)passer-by