波折
bō zhé
Pinyin

Definition

波折
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bō zhé
  1. twists and turns

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

奔波
bēn bō
  1. 1 to rush about
  2. 2 to be constantly on the move
宁波
Níng bō
  1. 1 Ningbo subprovincial city in Zhejiang
折
shé
  1. 1 to break (e.g. stick or bone)
  2. 2 a loss
折磨
zhé mó
  1. 1 to torment
  2. 2 to torture
折腾
zhē teng
  1. 1 to toss from side to side (e.g. sleeplessly)
  2. 2 to repeat sth over and over again
  3. 3 to torment sb
  4. 4 to play crazy
  5. 5 to squander (time, money)
挫折
cuò zhé
  1. 1 setback
  2. 2 reverse
  3. 3 check
  4. 4 defeat
  5. 5 frustration
  6. 6 disappointment
  7. 7 to frustrate
  8. 8 to discourage
  9. 9 to set sb back
  10. 10 to blunt
  11. 11 to subdue
波
Bō
  1. 1 Poland
  2. 2 Polish
  3. 3 abbr. for 波蘭|波兰[Bō lán]
波罗蜜
bō luó mì
  1. 1 jackfruit
  2. 2 breadfruit
  3. 3 Artocarpus heterophyllus
不折不扣
bù zhé bù kòu
  1. 1 a hundred percent
  2. 2 to the letter
  3. 3 out-and-out
仁波切
Rén bō qiè
  1. 1 Rinpoche (Tibetan honorific)
光波
guāng bō
  1. 1 light wave
周折
zhōu zhé
  1. 1 twists and turns
  2. 2 vicissitude
  3. 3 complication
  4. 4 difficulty
  5. 5 effort
  6. 6 CL:番[fān]
周立波
Zhōu Lì bō
  1. 1 Zhou Libo (1908-1979), left-wing journalist, translator and novelist
  2. 2 Zhou Libo (1967-), Chinese stand-up comedian
夭折
yāo zhé
  1. 1 to die young or prematurely
  2. 2 to come to a premature end
  3. 3 to be aborted prematurely
存折
cún zhé
  1. 1 passbook
  2. 2 bankbook
宁波市
Níng bō shì
  1. 1 Ningbo subprovincial city in Zhejiang
对折
duì zhé
  1. 1 to sell at a 50% discount
  2. 2 to fold in two
微波
wēi bō
  1. 1 ripple
  2. 2 microwave
微波炉
wēi bō lú
  1. 1 microwave oven
  2. 2 CL:臺|台[tái]
打折
dǎ zhé
  1. 1 to give a discount

Idioms (16)

一折两段
yī zhé liǎng duàn
  1. 1 to split sth into two (idiom)
一波未平，一波又起
yī bō wèi píng , yī bō yòu qǐ
  1. 1 before the first wave subsides, a new wave rises (idiom); a new problem arises before the old is solved
  2. 2 many twists and turns to a story
  3. 3 one thing after another
折节读书
zhé jié dú shū
  1. 1 to start reading furiously, contrary to previous habit (idiom)
推波助澜
tuī bō zhù lán
  1. 1 to push the wave and add to the billows (idiom); to add momentum
  2. 2 to encourage sth to get bigger
  3. 3 to add fuel to the fire
暗送秋波
àn sòng qiū bō
  1. 1 to cast flirtatious glances at sb (idiom)
朱云折槛
Zhū Yún zhē kǎn
  1. 1 Mr Zhu Yun breaks the railing (idiom); to challenge and admonish boldly
波涛粼粼
bō tāo lín lín
  1. 1 crystalline waves (idiom)
百折不挠
bǎi zhé bù náo
  1. 1 to keep on fighting in spite of all setbacks (idiom)
  2. 2 to be undaunted by repeated setbacks
  3. 3 to be indomitable
盘旋曲折
pán xuán qū zhé
  1. 1 lit. windy and circuitous
  2. 2 difficult (idiom)
蠹众木折
dù zhòng mù zhé
  1. 1 Danger appears where many harmful factors exist. (idiom)
赔了夫人又折兵
péi le fū rén yòu zhé bīng
  1. 1 having given away a bride, to lose one's army on top of it (idiom)
  2. 2 to suffer a double loss after trying to trick the enemy
迂回曲折
yū huí qū zhé
  1. 1 meandering and circuitous (idiom); complicated developments that never get anywhere
  2. 2 going around in circles
送秋波
sòng qiū bō
  1. 1 to cast flirtatious glances at sb (idiom)
醋海生波
cù hǎi shēng bō
  1. 1 lit. waves on a sea of vinegar
  2. 2 trouble caused by a jealous woman (idiom)
随波逐流
suí bō zhú liú
  1. 1 to drift with the waves and go with the flow (idiom); to follow the crowd blindly
随波逊流
suí bō xùn liú
  1. 1 to drift with the waves and yield to the flow (idiom); to follow the crowd blindly

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