扭转

niǔ zhuǎn · niu zhuan

Traditional 扭轉

Meaning

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  1. to reverse
  2. to turn around (an undesirable situation)
  3. (mechanics) torsion

In a sentence

2 examples
01

他(tā)觉(jué)得(de)自(zì)己(jǐ)占(zhàn)了(le)上(shàng)风(fēng),但(dàn)我(wǒ)反(fǎn)过(guò)来(lái)扭(niǔ)转(zhuǎn)了(le)局(jú)面(miàn)。

He thought he had the upper hand, but I turned the tables on him.

Tatoeba: Chinese by GlossaMatik · English by mccarras · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

新(xīn)教(jiào)练(liàn)上(shàng)任(rèn)后(hòu)扭(niǔ)转(zhuǎn)了(le)球(qiú)队(duì)的(de)颓(tuí)势(shì)。

After the new coach took over, he reversed the team's decline.

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