| 起承转合 |
qǐ chéng zhuǎn hé |
(idiom) four-part structure of a composition: introduction, elucidation, pivot (shift in perspective), synthesis; (fig.) coherent structural progression in writing, narrative, or any unfolding process |
| 起 |
qǐ |
to rise / to raise / to get up / to set out / to start / to appear / to launch / to initiate (action) / to draft / to establish / to get (from a depot or counter) / verb suffix, to start / starting from (a time, place, price etc) / classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance / classifier for groups: batch, group |
| 承 |
Chéng |
surname Cheng / Cheng (c. 2000 BC), third of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝 descended from Shennong 神农 Farmer God |
| 承 |
chéng |
to bear / to carry / to hold / to continue / to undertake / to take charge / owing to / due to / to receive |
| 承转 |
chéng zhuǎn |
to transmit a document (up or down a chain of bureaucracy) |
| 转 |
zhuǎi |
see 转文 |
| 转 |
zhuǎn |
to turn / to change direction / to transfer / to forward (mail) / (Internet) to share (sb else's content) |
| 转 |
zhuàn |
to revolve / to turn / to circle about / to walk about / classifier for revolutions (per minute etc): revs, rpm / classifier for repeated actions |
| 合 |
gě |
100 ml / one-tenth of a peck / measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of sheng 升 or liter, or one-hundredth dou 斗 |
| 合 |
hé |
to close / to join / to fit / to be equal to / whole / together / round (in battle) / conjunction (astronomy) / 1st note of pentatonic scale / old variant of 盒 |
| 合 |
hé |
variant of 合 |