# 波折 (bōzhé)

In Mandarin Chinese, 波折 (bōzhé) means “twists and turns; setbacks; complications”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: twists and turns; setbacks; complications
- Pinyin: bōzhé (bo1 zhe2)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 经过一番波折，事情终于解决了。
  Jīngguò yīfān bōzhé, shìqing zhōngyú jiějué le.
  After some twists and turns, the matter was finally resolved.

## Characters

- 波 (bō): wave; ripple
- [折](https://hanziro.com/word/zhe-break/) (zhé): to break; to fold

https://hanziro.com/word/bo-zhe-twists-and-turns/

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