乾坤

qiánkūn
yin and yang; heaven and earth; the universe

CEDICT

  1. heaven and earth
  2. the nation
  3. the sun and the moon
  4. the ䷀ (qian) and ䷁ (kun) hexagrams from the I Ching

Wiktionary

  1. 本是易经上的两个卦名，后借称天地、阴阳、男女、夫妇、日月等。
  2. 骗局，手段。

重編國語辭典

  1. 天地。
  2. 男女。

維基詞典

Entry Composition

=1 乾 qián old variant of 乾 qián
=1 乾 qián
  1. one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦 bāguà, symbolizing heaven
  2. male principle
  3. ☰
  4. ancient Chinese compass point: 315° (northwest)
=1 乾 qián variant of 乾 qián
=2 坤 kūn
  1. one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦 bāguà, symbolizing earth
  2. female principle
  3. ☷
  4. ancient Chinese compass point: 225° (southwest)
=2 坤 kūn variant of 坤 kūn

Containing this entry

扭转乾坤 niǔzhuǎnqiánkūn
  1. lit. to upend heaven and earth (idiom)
  2. fig. to change the course of events
  3. to turn things around
乾坤一掷 qiánkūnyīzhì
乾坤圈 Qiánkūnquān
定乾坤 dìngqiánkūn