Memory phrase for the character: 转
转
Meaning
to turn, revolve, convey, transfer Pronunciation zhuǎn, zhuàn Explanation Left: vehicle 车/車 (= cart with axle丨 load-area 日 and 2 wheels 二), right: focused to a thing 专 (The skier in the downhill-squat with poles 二 in the hands is focussed.)
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In a vehicle you need to be focussed if you turn. Radicals
车
vehicle Simplified from 車. Showed a hand-cart from the top: axle 丨, loading area 日, two wheels 二. This character 车 is similar to the simplified east 东 =東.
专
focused, concentrated
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Vocabulary
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转动 zhuàn dòng
to rotate (about an axis); to revolve; to turn; to move in a circle; to gyrate
转子 zhuàn zi
rotor
周转 zhōu zhuǎn
turnover (in cash or personnel); to have enough resources to cover a need
偏转 piān zhuǎn
deflection (physics); deviation (away from a straight line)
扭转 niǔ zhuǎn
to reverse; to turn around (an undesirable situation)
转嫁 zhuǎn jià
to remarry (of widow); to pass on (blame, cost, obligation, unpleasant consequence etc); to transfer (blame, guilt); to pass the buck
转一趟 zhuàn yī tàng
to go on a trip
旋乾转坤
xuán qián zhuǎn kūn
lit. overturning heaven and earth (idiom); earth-shattering; a radical change
顺风转舵
shùn fēng zhuǎn duò
to act according to whatever is the current outlook; pragmatic; unprincipled
转徙 zhuǎn xǐ
to migrate; to move house
辗转 zhǎn zhuǎn
to toss about in bed; to pass through many hands or places
辗转 zhǎn zhuǎn
