曲折

winding / (fig.) complicated

surname Qu

bent / crooked / wrong

tune / song / CL:支[zhi1]

variant of 麴|曲[qu1]

yeast / Aspergillus (includes many common molds) / Taiwan pr. [qu2]

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

variant of 折[zhe2] / to fold

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

meandering and circuitous (idiom); complicated developments that never get anywhere / going around in circles