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- 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
- to die young or prematurely
- to come to a premature end
- to be aborted prematurely
Trad. 轉折
- shift in the trend of events
- turnaround
- plot shift in a book
- turn in the conversation
- setback
- reverse
- check
- defeat
- frustration
- disappointment
- to frustrate
- to discourage
- to set sb back
- to blunt
- to subdue
- to refract
- refraction
- to reflect (in the figurative sense: to show the nature of)
Trad. 折損
- to suffer losses; to lose (some of one's reputation, one's fleet, one's staff etc)
- massage
- snapped-off branch
- sprig
- to snap a twig (i.e. sth that requires very little effort)
Trad. 折線
- broken line (continuous figure made up of straight line segments)
- polygonal line
- dog leg
Trad. 折騰
- to toss from side to side (e.g. sleeplessly)
- to repeat sth over and over again
- to torment sb
- to play crazy
- to squander (time, money)
Trad. 費周折
- to spend (much) effort
- to go through (a lot of) trouble
Trad. 破折號
- dash
- Chinese dash ── (punct., double the length of the western dash)
Trad. 折子戲
- opera highlights performed as independent pieces
- chameleon plant; fish mint (Houttuynia cordata), esp. its edible rhizome
Trad. 盤旋曲折
- (idiom) (of a road etc) to wind circuitously
Trad. 朱雲折檻
- (idiom) Zhu Yun breaks the railing (Zhu Yun was a Han Dynasty official who accused the emperor's tutor of corruption, and when sentenced to death, clung to the palace hall railing so fiercely while demanding justice that he broke it); (fig.) to speak the truth with unwavering courage; to admonish fearlessly
- also pr. [zhu1yun2-she2jian4]
- lit. various cuts and deductions (idiom)
- fig. greatly reduced
- substantially scaled back
Trad. 將功折罪
- see 將功贖罪|将功赎罪[jiang1 gong1 shu2 zui4]
Trad. 蠹眾木折
- Danger appears where many harmful factors exist. (idiom)
- meandering and circuitous (idiom); complicated developments that never get anywhere
- going around in circles
- lit. broken halberds embedded in the sand (idiom)
- fig. reminder of a fierce battle; remnants of a disastrous defeat
- calligraphic flourish with many twists
- fig. many twists and turns
Trad. 蘭摧玉折
- premature death of a budding talent
- those whom the Gods love die young
Trad. 折節讀書
- to start reading furiously, contrary to previous habit (idiom)
Trad. 折衝樽俎
- lit. to stop the enemy at the banquet table
- fig. to get the better of an enemy during diplomatic functions
Trad. 折衷鸚鵡
- Eclectus roratus (red-green parrot of Papua-New Guinea)
Trad. 百折不撓
- to keep on fighting in spite of all setbacks (idiom)
- to be undaunted by repeated setbacks
- to be indomitable
Trad. 蟾宮折桂
- lit. plucking a branch of osmanthus from the Toad Palace (i.e. the moon)
- fig. to succeed in the imperial examination
Trad. 折射望遠鏡
- refracting telescope
Trad. 蘇格蘭摺耳貓
- Scottish Fold
Trad. 為五斗米折腰
- (allusion to Tao Qian 陶潛|陶潜[Tao2 Qian2], who used this phrase when he resigned from government service rather than show subservience to a visiting inspector) to bow and scrape for five pecks of rice (that being a part of his salary as a local magistrate)
- (fig.) to compromise one's principles for the sake of a salary
Trad. 折反射望遠鏡
- catadioptric telescope
Trad. 賠了夫人又折兵
- lit. having given away a bride, to lose one's army on top of it (idiom)
- fig. to suffer a double loss after trying to trick the enemy
Trad. 反酷刑折磨公約
- UN convention against torture and cruel treatment (ratified by PRC in 1988)