索尔兹伯里平原 索爾茲伯里平原 suǒ ěr zī bó lǐ píng yuán Salisbury plain 圈子 quān zi circle / ring / (social) circle syn 圈 quān circle / ring / loop (CL:個|个[ge4]) / classifier for loops, orbits, laps of race etc / to surround / to circle syn 框 kuàng frame (e.g. door frame) / casing / fig. framework / template / to circle (i.e. draw a circle around sth) / to frame / to restrict / Taiwan pr. [kuang1] syn 政圈 zhèng quān government circle / political circle 四方理事会 Elders' Circle of the Four Directions (Elders' Circle) 半圆检验 半圓檢驗 semi-circle test / semi-circle rule / semi-circular rule 半圆规则 半圓規則 semi-circle test / semi-circle rule / semi-circular rule 埃夫伯里 āi fū bó lǐ Avebury (stone circle near Stonehenge) 斯托肯立石圈 sī tuō kěn lì shí quān Stonehenge stone circle 斯通亨治石栏 斯通亨治石欄 sī tōng hēng zhì shí lán Stonehenge stone circle 石刻 shí kè stone inscription / carved stone 石器 shí qì stone tool / stone implement 石 shí rock / stone / stone inscription / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1] syn 砘 dùn (agriculture) to compact loose soil with a stone roller after sowing seeds / stone roller used for this purpose syn 礧 lèi roll stone down hill / stone pile 循环 循環 xún huán to cycle / to circulate / circle / loop syn 飞翔 飛翔 fēi xiáng to circle in the air / to soar syn 转动 轉動 zhuàn dòng to rotate (about an axis) / to revolve / to turn / to move in a circle / to gyrate syn 环绕 環繞 huán rào to surround / to circle / to revolve around syn 恶性 惡性 è xìng malignant / wicked / vicious (circle) / producing evil / rapid (decline) / runaway (inflation) syn 盘旋 盤旋 pán xuán to spiral / to circle / to go around / to hover / to orbit syn 围观 圍觀 wéi guān to stand in a circle and watch syn 回旋 迴旋 huí xuán to circle / to wheel / to go around syn 圈圈 quān quan to draw a circle / cliques / circles syn 圆圈 圓圈 yuán quān circle syn 怪圈 guài quān vicious circle / (abnormal) phenomenon 围坐 圍坐 wéi zuò to sit in a circle / seated around (a narrator) 圆弧 圓弧 yuán hú arc (segment of a circle) syn 环线 環線 huán xiàn ring road / circle line (e.g. rail or subway) 环岛 環島 huán dǎo traffic circle / rotary / roundabout / to travel around an island 小圆 xiǎo yuán small circle 周而复始 週而復始 zhōu ér fù shǐ lit. the cycle comes back to the start (idiom) / to move in circles / the wheel comes full circle syn 大圆 大圓 dà yuán great circle (in spherical geometry) 框框 kuàng kuàng to frame / to circle / pattern / convention / restriction syn 圆心 圓心 yuán xīn center of circle 圆环 圓環 yuán huán ring (any circular object) / (math.) annulus / (Tw) traffic circle / rotary 圆周 圓周 yuán zhōu circumference / circle syn 交游 交遊 jiāo yóu to have friendly relationships / circle of friends syn 兜圈子 dōu quān zi to encircle / to go around / to circle / to beat about the bush syn 圆周率 圓周率 yuán zhōu lǜ (math.) the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter (π) 北极圈 北極圈 běi jí quān Arctic Circle 近臣 jìn chén member of a monarch's inner ministerial circle (old) 林 lín (bound form) woods / forest / (bound form) circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people) / (bound form) a collection (of similar things) syn 转 轉 zhuàn to revolve / to turn / to circle about / to walk about / classifier for revolutions (per minute etc): revs, rpm / classifier for repeated actions syn 画地为牢 畫地為牢 huà dì wéi láo lit. to be confined within a circle drawn on the ground (idiom) / fig. to confine oneself to a restricted range of activities syn 圆 圓 yuán circle / round / circular / spherical / (of the moon) full / unit of Chinese currency (yuan) / tactful / to make consistent and whole (the narrative of a dream or a lie) syn 旋 xuán to revolve / a loop / a circle syn 抟 摶 tuán to roll up into a ball with one's hands (variant of 團|团[tuan2]) / (literary) to circle / to wheel 圜 huán circle / encircle 圜 yuán circle / round 恶性循环 惡性循環 è xìng xún huán vicious circle 餟 zhuì circle shrines and make sacrifices 成圈 chéng quān to form a circle, ring or loop 璚 jué half-circle jade ring 邪恶八魔阵 邪惡八魔陣 xié è bā mó zhèn Circle 周三径一 周三徑一 zhōu sān jìng yī circumference of a circle is proverbially three times its radius 大圆圈 大圓圈 dà yuán quān great circle (in spherical geometry) 画圆 畫圓 huà yuán to draw a circle 终而复始 終而復始 zhōng ér fù shǐ lit. the end comes back to the start (idiom) / the wheel comes full circle 角标 角標 jiǎo biāo subscript or superscript / corner label (on a product, image, document etc) / app icon badge (symbol on the upper-right corner an app icon, such as a red circle to indicate unread messages) 麦田怪圈 麥田怪圈 mài tián guài quān crop circle 外接圆 外接圓 wài jiē yuán circumscribed circle (of a polygon) 南极圈 南極圈 nán jí juàn Antarctic Circle 地平经圈 地平經圈 vertical circle 垂直圈仪 垂直圈儀 vertical circle 纬度圈 緯度圈 circle of latitude 伊斯兰社区阿德米拉尔家庭圈子 伊斯蘭社區阿德米拉爾家庭圈子 Admiral Family Circle Islamic Community 翔回 xiáng huí to circle (in the sky) 美瞳 měi tóng cosmetic contact lens / big eye contact lens / circle contact lens 放大片 fàng dà piàn (Tw) cosmetic contact lens / big eye contact lens / circle contact lens 击鼓传花 擊鼓傳花 jī gǔ chuán huā beat the drum, pass the flower (game in which players sit in a circle passing a flower around while a drum is beaten – when the drumbeat stops, the player holding the flower must sing a song, answer a question, or drink a glass of wine etc) 圈定 quān dìng to highlight sth by drawing a circle around it / (fig.) to designate / to delineate syn 周日圈 zhōu rì quān (astronomy) diurnal circle 框框 kuàng kuang a frame / a circle / set pattern / convention / restriction syn 回旋处 迴旋處 huí xuán chù traffic circle / rotary / roundabout 石头 石頭 shí tou stone / CL:塊|块[kuai4] syn 宝石 寶石 bǎo shí precious stone / gem / CL:枚[mei2],顆|颗[ke1] 阶梯 階梯 jiē tī flight of steps / (fig.) stepping stone / way to reach the goal of syn 滚石 滾石 gǔn shí Rock Records, Taiwanese record label / the Rolling Stones, British rock band / Rolling Stone (magazine) 玉石 yù shí jade / jade and stone / (fig.) the good and the bad syn 石块 石塊 shí kuài stone / rock syn 基石 jī shí foundation stone / cornerstone / (fig.) basis / foundation syn 石器时代 石器時代 shí qì shí dài Stone Age 金石 jīn shí metal and stone / fig. hard objects / inscription on metal or bronze 石碑 shí bēi stele / stone tablet (for inscription) / CL:方[fang1] syn 塑像 sù xiàng to sculpt or mold a statue (by shaping a pliable material such as clay, plaster or wax, which may later be cast in metal – as distinct from carving in stone or wood) / a statue created through such a process syn 石雕 shí diāo stone carving / carved sculpture 石林 shí lín Stone Forest, notable set of limestone formations in Yunnan 结石 結石 jié shí (medicine) calculus / stone 石阶 石階 shí jiē stone step syn 石像 shí xiàng stone statue 一举两得 一舉兩得 yī jǔ liǎng dé one move, two gains (idiom) / two birds with one stone syn 黑子 hēi zǐ black piece (in Chinese chess) / black stone (in Go) / (astronomy) sunspot syn 火石 huǒ shí flint (stone) syn 砂石 shā shí sandstone / sand and stone / aggregate syn 投石 tóu shí curling stone 云梯 雲梯 yún tī (military) ladder used for scaling the walls of a fortified place (i.e. for escalading) in ancient times / firefighters' extension ladder / stone steps on a mountain 短距离 短距離 duǎn jù lí short distance / a stone's throw away syn 