旋风
xuàn fēng
Pinyin

Definition

旋风
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xuàn fēng
  1. whirlwind
  2. tornado

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

凯旋
kǎi xuán
  1. 1 to return in triumph
  2. 2 to return victorious
旋律
xuán lu:4
  1. 1 melody
  2. 2 rhythm
旋转
xuán zhuǎn
  1. 1 to rotate
  2. 2 to revolve
  3. 3 to spin
  4. 4 to whirl
凯旋门
kǎi xuán mén
  1. 1 triumphal arch
周旋
zhōu xuán
  1. 1 to mix with others
  2. 2 to socialize
  3. 3 to deal with
  4. 4 to contend
回旋
huí xuán
  1. 1 to cycle around
  2. 2 cyclotron
  3. 3 slalom
天旋地转
tiān xuán dì zhuàn
  1. 1 the sky spins, the earth goes round (idiom); giddy with one's head spinning
  2. 2 fig. huge changes in the world
旋涡
xuán wō
  1. 1 spiral
  2. 2 whirlpool
  3. 3 eddy
  4. 4 vortex
旋风
xuàn fēng
  1. 1 whirlwind
  2. 2 tornado
盘旋
pán xuán
  1. 1 to spiral
  2. 2 to circle
  3. 3 to go around
  4. 4 to hover
  5. 5 to orbit
螺旋
luó xuán
  1. 1 spiral
  2. 2 helix
  3. 3 screw
螺旋藻
luó xuán zǎo
  1. 1 spiral algae
  2. 2 spirulina (dietary supplement)
斡旋
wò xuán
  1. 1 to mediate (a conflict etc)
旋
xuán
  1. 1 to revolve
  2. 2 a loop
  3. 3 a circle
旋即
xuán jí
  1. 1 soon after
  2. 2 shortly
旋子
xuán zi
  1. 1 torsor (math.)
旋梯
xuán tī
  1. 1 spiral stairs
  2. 2 winding stairs (gymnastic equipment)
旋翼
xuán yì
  1. 1 rotor wing
旋舞
xuán wǔ
  1. 1 whirling dance
旋转台
xuán zhuǎn tái
  1. 1 rotating platform
  2. 2 luggage carousel

Idioms (4)

天旋地转
tiān xuán dì zhuàn
  1. 1 the sky spins, the earth goes round (idiom); giddy with one's head spinning
  2. 2 fig. huge changes in the world
旋乾转坤
xuán qián zhuǎn kūn
  1. 1 lit. overturning heaven and earth (idiom); earth-shattering
  2. 2 a radical change
盘旋曲折
pán xuán qū zhé
  1. 1 lit. windy and circuitous
  2. 2 difficult (idiom)
祸不旋踵
huò bù xuán zhǒng
  1. 1 trouble is never far away (idiom)

Sample Sentences

我帮公司制作了一支广告片，预算很低品质也不怎么样，但是一个明星在他的社群媒体分享了这支影片，居然在网上疯传，引起一阵旋风。
wǒ bāng gōngsī zhìzuò le yī zhī guǎnggào piàn ，yùsuàn hěn dī pǐnzhì yě bùzěnmeyàng ，dànshì yī gè míngxīng zài tā de shèqún méitǐ fēnxiǎng le zhè zhī yǐngpiàn ，jūrán zài wǎngshàng fēngchuán ，yǐnqǐ yīzhèn xuànfēng 。
I made an advertisement for my company, the budget was really low and it wasn't brilliant quality-wise, but a celebrity shared the advert on social media, and it ended up going viral, causing an online storm.
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