yī​bō​sān​zhé

calligraphy

一波三折 yī​bō​sān​zhé
calligraphy idiom
a calligraphic flourish or stroke with many twists and undulations
complications idiom
a series of unexpected twists and turns in the development of a situation or story

Frequency

Movie subtitles
0.120 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text
1.41 per million

Sources

Definitions
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