曲折

• 拼音: qū zhé
• 汉字拆解: 曲 = 曰 + 一 (bent); 折 = 扌+ 斤 (bend/break/turn — hand using an axe to break)

含义

Winding; tortuous; meandering. Figuratively: complicated, full of twists and turns, not straightforward.

Describes both physical paths and life circumstances or narrative plots. 命运曲折 (a tortuous fate), 情节曲折 (a plot full of twists) are common collocations. Often conveys hardship overcome.

例句

1. 这部小说情节曲折，人物命运跌宕起伏，令读者欲罢不能。
2. 山间小路曲折蜿蜒，穿越茂密的丛林通向山顶的庙宇。
3. 她的创业历程极为曲折，历经数次失败后终于走向成功。

用法指南

语境: narrative, biography, geography, diplomacy

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 这段外交谈判历经曲折，历时三年方才达成最终协议。(This diplomatic negotiation was full of twists and turns, taking three years before a final agreement was reached.)
• 他的人生经历极为曲折，童年颠沛流离，青年时期又饱经战乱之苦。(His life experience is extremely tortuous — a displaced childhood followed by years of hardship during wartime in his youth.)

错误说法

• 这道数学题非常曲折 — use 复杂 or 绕弯 for a convoluted problem; 曲折 describes narrative, physical paths, or life circumstances, not abstract logical complexity

起源与历史

曲 (bent) + 折 (fold/turn) — full of bends and turns

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal