盤旋曲折

(idiom) (of a road etc) to wind circuitously

Characters and words in 盤旋曲折

plate / dish / tray / board / hard drive (computing) / to build / to coil / to check / to examine / to transfer (property) / to make over / classifier for food: dish, helping / to coil / classifier for coils of wire / classifier for games of chess

= + : Pinocchio (p) is working as kitchen helper for the crew of the yellow submarine (舟) in the anthill's kitchen (an2). On a tray (盘) he is carrying hundreds of shallow bowls (皿) of rice to the submarine.
to spiral / to circle / to go around / to hover / to orbit
to revolve / a loop / a circle

= + 𠂉 + : Mnemonic symbol: a whirlwind.

Xu Xian (xu) is delivering packets in the anthill's kitchen (an2). First he has to disable the alarm, so he uses the key (𠂉) to open a square (方) and pushes the button. Next he whirls around the room delivering his packets so quickly that he creates a whirlwind (旋), which is so fierce that the stick figure (正) gets blown all around the room.
to whirl / immediately / variant of 鏇|镟[xuan4]
surname Qu
bent / crooked / wrong
tune / song / CL:支[zhi1]

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a harp. Cupid (qu) is playing a harp (曲) in the space station's living room (Ø3). He's sitting on a big enclosure (囗), playing the harp (曲) and wielding a double axe (卄) at the same time.
variant of 麴|曲[qu1]
yeast / Aspergillus (includes many common molds) / Taiwan pr. [qu2]
winding / (fig.) complicated
to snap / to break (a stick, a bone etc) / (bound form) to sustain a loss (in business)
to turn sth over / to turn upside down / to tip sth out (of a container)
to break / to fracture / to snap / to suffer loss / to bend / to twist / to turn / to change direction / convinced / to convert into (currency) / discount / rebate / tenth (in price) / classifier for theatrical scenes / to fold / accounts book

= + : James II of England (zh) wants to lift a pair of barbells (斤) in the elevator's kitchen (e2), but the barbells are very heavy. He tries to use toy claws (扌) and folding (折) knifes (mnemonic symbol for 折) as levers, but they both snap (折).
variant of 折[zhe2] / to fold

Words with 盤旋曲折

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Sentences with 盤旋曲折

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