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曲折
qūzhé
1. winding
2. (fig.) complicated
HSK 6 Common • Top 19%

Character Breakdown

曲
qū
crooked, bent; wrong, false
HSK 6 6 丶
折
zhé
to break, to snap; to fold, to bend; to bow; humble
HSK 4 7 丶

Compound Words (2)

盘旋曲折
pánxuánqūzhé
lit. windy and circuitous
迂回曲折
yūhuíqūzhé
meandering and circuitous (idiom); complicated developments that never get anywhere

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Category
Chinese
Word Frequency Rank
16,323 of 84,292