拐点
guǎi diǎn
Pinyin

Definition

拐点
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guǎi diǎn
  1. turning point
  2. breaking point
  3. inflexion point (math., a point of a curve at which the curvature changes sign)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (16)

拐
guǎi
  1. 1 to turn (a corner etc)
  2. 2 to kidnap
  3. 3 to swindle
  4. 4 to misappropriate
  5. 5 walking stick
  6. 6 crutch
  7. 7 seven (used as a substitute for 七[qī])
拐骗
guǎi piàn
  1. 1 swindle
  2. 2 abduct
拐弯
guǎi wān
  1. 1 to go round a curve
  2. 2 to turn a corner
  3. 3 fig. a new direction
拐杖
guǎi zhàng
  1. 1 crutches
  2. 2 crutch
  3. 3 walking stick
拐角
guǎi jiǎo
  1. 1 to turn a corner
  2. 2 corner
拐卖
guǎi mài
  1. 1 human trafficking
  2. 2 to abduct and sell
  3. 3 to kidnap and sell
拐点
guǎi diǎn
  1. 1 turning point
  2. 2 breaking point
  3. 3 inflexion point (math., a point of a curve at which the curvature changes sign)
一瘸一拐
yī qué yī guǎi
  1. 1 to limp
  2. 2 to hobble
坑蒙拐骗
kēng mēng guǎi piàn
  1. 1 to swindle
  2. 2 to cheat
拐子
guǎi zi
  1. 1 crutch
  2. 2 (derog.) lame person
  3. 3 kidnapper
拐弯儿
guǎi wān r5
  1. 1 erhua variant of 拐彎|拐弯[guǎi wān]
拐弯处
guǎi wān chù
  1. 1 corner
  2. 2 bend
拐棍
guǎi gùn
  1. 1 cane
  2. 2 walking stick
曲里拐弯
qū lǐ guǎi wān
  1. 1 winding and turning (idiom)
诱拐
yòu guǎi
  1. 1 to abduct
  2. 2 to kidnap
双拐
shuāng guǎi
  1. 1 crutches

Idioms (3)

拐弯抹角
guǎi wān mò jiǎo
  1. 1 lit. going round the curves and skirting the corners (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to speak in a roundabout way
  3. 3 to equivocate
  4. 4 to beat about the bush
曲里拐弯
qū lǐ guǎi wān
  1. 1 winding and turning (idiom)
胳膊肘朝外拐
gē bo zhǒu cháo wài guǎi
  1. 1 the elbow turns the wrong way
  2. 2 to favor an outsider instead of someone on one's own side (idiom)

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