曲折 qūzhé

1. qūzhé adjective complicated; winding
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 弯曲 (CC-CEDICT '曲折'; Guoyu '曲折' 1)
2. qūzhé adjective to be avoided
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 隐情 (Guoyu '曲折' 2)
3. qūzhé noun a setback
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 挫折 (Guoyu '曲折' 3)

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迂迴曲折 、 迂回曲折 、 曲折纹 、 盘旋曲折

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• Lecture 12: Buddhist Hymns and Chanting 第十二講．梵唄唱誦 One Hundred Lessons on Monastery Language and Affairs 2: Becoming a Monastic and the Rules of the Precepts 《僧事百講2－出家戒法》 — count: 3
• Japan 日本 Traces Over the Sky and Ocean 《海天遊踪》 — count: 3
• 2013 Letter for Spring Festival 2013年新春告白 Letters for Spring Festival (A Letter to Dharma Friends) 《新春告白（致護法朋友們的一封信）》 — count: 2
• Scroll 3: How to Make Daily Improvements - What is Meant by the Pureland? 卷三 如何日日增上 何謂淨土 Hsing Yun Dharma Words 3 - Dwelling Peacefully in Body and Mind 《星雲法語3－身心的安住》 — count: 2
• We are All Writing History 我們都在寫歷史 Hundred Sayings 5 - Never Make Any Returns 《往事百語5－永不退票》 — count: 2
• Chapter 25: My one Trash Can 【二十五說】我是一個垃圾桶 Hear Me Out: Messages from a Humble Monk 《貧僧有話要說》 — count: 1
• Care for Living and Dying Investigation (Volume 3) - A Buddhist View of 'Vegetarian Food Issues' 生死關懷探討（下冊） 佛教對「素食問題」的看法 Humanistic Buddhism Series Contemporary Questions Symposium 《人間佛教當代問題座談會》 — count: 1
• Scroll 3: Using the Useless - A Friend in Times of Tribulations 卷三　無用之用 患難之交 Life's Ten Thousand Affairs 2 - Intangible Value 《人間萬事2－無形的可貴》 — count: 1
• Feelings about my Homeland 我的鄉土情 Buddhist Affinities over a Century 1 - Life 1 《百年佛緣1－生活篇1》 — count: 1
• Questions and Discussion 問題討論 Lectures on the Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch 《六祖壇經講話》 — count: 1

Collocations

• 委婉曲折 (委婉曲折) 經文委婉曲折地要我們滅盡無量無邊的眾生 — Lectures on the Diamond Sutra 《金剛經講話》, Preface 前言 — count: 9
• 曲折折 (曲折折) 有曲曲折折之路 — Between Ignorance and Enlightenment 2 - Prescription for the Heart 《迷悟之間(二)度一切苦厄》, Trailblazing 去則路開 — count: 5
• 婉转曲折 (婉轉曲折) 還是能把梵唄婉轉曲折的意味表達出來 — One Hundred Lessons on Monastery Language and Affairs 2: Becoming a Monastic and the Rules of the Precepts 《僧事百講2－出家戒法》, Lecture 12: Buddhist Hymns and Chanting 第十二講．梵唄唱誦 — count: 5
• 曲曲折 (曲曲折) 有曲曲折折之路 — Between Ignorance and Enlightenment 2 - Prescription for the Heart 《迷悟之間(二)度一切苦厄》, Trailblazing 去則路開 — count: 5
• 曲折地 (曲折地) 經文委婉曲折地要我們滅盡無量無邊的眾生 — Lectures on the Diamond Sutra 《金剛經講話》, Preface 前言 — count: 4
• 蜿蜒曲折 (蜿蜒曲折) 經過蜿蜒曲折的蘇花公路 — Hsing Yun Diary (1993/1-1994/8) 《星雲日記(1993/1~1994/8)》, Hsing Yun Diary 30 - The Marathon of Life: One Sentence 星雲日記30～人生的馬拉松 一句話(1994/7/1～1994/7/15) — count: 3
• 曲折多变 (曲折多變) 曲折多變 — Hundred Sayings 1 - Perfectly Willing 《往事百語1－心甘情願》, Preface 自序 — count: 3
• 曲折辗转 (曲折輾轉) 路程多麼曲折輾轉 — Hundred Sayings 2 - Philosophy of Being Second 《往事百語2－老二哲學》, It is Essential to Make Use of Scattered Fragments of Time 要利用零碎的時間 — count: 3
• 曲折描写 (曲折描寫) 在小說家的曲折描寫之下 — Humanistic Buddhism Series 7 - Dharma and Doctrine 《人間佛教系列7－佛法與義理》, A Buddhist View of Supernatural Powers 佛教對神通的看法 — count: 2
• 周围曲折 (周圍曲折) 周圍曲折 — Selected Humanistic Buddhism Prefaces 《人間佛教序文選》, “Records and Anecdotes of Legends in Putuoshan in the South China Sea” Preface 《南海普陀山傳奇異聞錄》序 — count: 2