乾坤

yin and yang / heaven and earth / the universe

yin and yang; heaven and earth; the universe

old variant of 乾[qian2]

surname Qian

one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing heaven / male principle / ☰ / ancient Chinese compass point: 315° (northwest)

variant of 乾[qian2]

dry / dried food / empty; hollow / taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster / futile; in vain / (dialect) rude; blunt / (dialect) to cold-shoulder

one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing earth / female principle / ☷ / ancient Chinese compass point: 225° (southwest)

variant of 坤[kun1]

lit. to upend heaven and earth (idiom) / fig. to change the course of events / to turn things around