轮子 輪子 lún zi wheel / (derog.) Falun Gong practitioner / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 灯泡 燈泡 dēng pào light bulb / see also 電燈泡|电灯泡[dian4 deng1 pao4] / third-wheel or unwanted third party spoiling a couple's date (slang) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 方向盘 方向盤 fāng xiàng pán steering wheel syn 车轮 車輪 chē lún wheel syn 齿轮 齒輪 chǐ lún (machine) gear / pinion (gear wheel) syn 驱动 驅動 qū dòng to drive / to propel / drive (vehicle wheel) / drive mechanism (tape or disk) / device driver (computing software) syn 翱翔 áo xiáng to soar / to wheel about in the sky syn 回旋 迴旋 huí xuán to circle / to wheel / to go around syn 势头 勢頭 shì tóu power / momentum / tendency / impetus / situation / the look of things syn 转轮 轉輪 zhuàn lún rotating disk / wheel / rotor / cycle of reincarnation in Buddhism 波澜 波瀾 bō lán billows / great waves (fig. of a story with great momentum) syn 声势 聲勢 shēng shì fame and power / prestige / influence / impetus / momentum syn 东风 東風 dōng fēng easterly wind / spring breeze / (fig.) revolutionary momentum / favorable circumstances syn 前轮 前輪 qián lún front wheel 轮轴 輪軸 lún zhóu wheel and axle (mechanism) / axle syn 推波助澜 推波助瀾 tuī bō zhù lán to push the wave and add to the billows (idiom) / to add momentum / to encourage sth to get bigger / to add fuel to the fire syn 后轮 後輪 hòu lún rear wheel 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 冲力 衝力 chōng lì momentum (the force exhibited by a moving body) / (fig.) momentum (capacity for progressive development) 滚轮 滾輪 gǔn lún roller / rotating dial / (computer mouse) scroll wheel / (road roller) drum syn 轱辘 軲轆 gū lù wheel / to roll / also pr. [gu1 lu5] syn 动量 動量 dòng liàng momentum 巨轮 巨輪 jù lún large ship / large wheel 车辙 車轍 chē zhé wheel rut / vehicle track syn 守恒 守恆 shǒu héng conservation (e.g. of energy, momentum or heat in physics) / to remain constant (of a number) 钢圈 鋼圈 gāng quān wheel rim / underwire (in a bra) 辘轳 轆轤 lù lu well pulley / windlass / potter's wheel syn 纺车 紡車 fǎng chē spinning wheel syn 来势 來勢 lái shì momentum of sth approaching syn 涨势 漲勢 zhǎng shì rising trend / upward momentum (e.g. in prices) syn 轮毂 輪轂 lún gǔ wheel hub 波澜壮阔 波瀾壯闊 bō lán zhuàng kuò surging forward with great momentum / unfolding on a magnificent scale syn 砂轮 砂輪 shā lún grinding wheel / emery wheel syn 摩天轮 摩天輪 mó tiān lún Ferris wheel / observation wheel 轮盘 輪盤 lún pán roulette / wheel 叶轮 葉輪 yè lún turbine wheel 四轮驱动 四輪驅動 sì lún qū dòng four-wheel drive 法轮 法輪 fǎ lún the Eternal Wheel of life in Buddhism 花鼓 huā gǔ flower drum, a type of double-skinned Chinese drum / folk dance popular in provinces around the middle reaches of the Yangtze / (bicycle wheel) hub 驱动轮 驅動輪 qū dòng lún drive wheel 轮 輪 lún wheel / disk / ring / steamship / to take turns / to rotate / classifier for big round objects: disk, or recurring events: round, turn syn 势 勢 shì power / influence / potential / momentum / tendency / trend / situation / conditions / outward appearance / sign / gesture / male genitals syn 辙 轍 zhé rut / track of a wheel (Taiwan pr. [che4]) / (coll.) the direction of traffic / a rhyme (of a song, poem etc) / (dialect) (usu. after 有[you3] or 沒|没[mei2]) way / idea syn 渠 qú (artificial) stream / canal / drain / ditch (CL:條|条[tiao2]) / (literary) big / great / (dialect) he / she / him / her / (old) rim of a carriage wheel / felloe syn 砣 tuó steelyard weight / stone roller / to polish jade with an emery wheel syn 轮辐 輪輻 lún fú wheel spoke 辖 轄 xiá linchpin (used to fasten a wheel to an axle) / (bound form) to govern / to have jurisdiction over syn 辐 輻 fú spoke of a wheel 辐条 輻條 fú tiáo (wheel) spoke 轱 軲 gū wheel / to roll 车轮子 車輪子 chē lún zi wheel 角动量 角動量 jiǎo dòng liàng angular momentum 辏 輳 còu to converge / hub of wheel 抟 摶 tuán to roll up into a ball with one's hands (variant of 團|团[tuan2]) / (literary) to circle / to wheel 毂 轂 gū wheel 毂 轂 gǔ hub of wheel 辋 輞 wǎng tire / wheel band 轹 轢 lì to bully / wheel-rut 铲土机 鏟土機 chǎn tǔ jī bulldozer / wheel loader syn 摆轮 擺輪 bǎi lún balance (of a watch or clock) / balance wheel 辁 輇 quán limited (of talent or ability) / (archaic) solid wheel (without spokes) 鎋 xiá linchpin (used to fasten a wheel to an axle) (variant of 轄|辖[xia2]) 如火如茶 rú huǒ rú chá common erroneous version of 如火如荼[ru2 huo3 ru2 tu2] (idiom), daunting and vigorous (momentum) / magnificent 人口势头 人口勢頭 population momentum 鲲鹏展翅 鯤鵬展翅 kūn péng zhǎn chì lit. the giant Peng bird spreads its wings and begins to fly / displaying awesome power and momentum at the outset / to have the world at one's feet 失去后劲 失去後勁 shī qù hòu jìn to peter out / to lose momentum / to lose steam 发力 發力 fā lì to exert oneself / to apply force / (of an enterprise etc) to gain momentum / to perform strongly 輮 róu wheel band 全轮 全輪 quán lún front wheel 全轮驱动 全輪驅動 quán lún qū dòng all-wheel drive 从动 從動 cóng dòng -driven (of mechanism, driven by a component) / slave (wheel, pulley) syn 戽水 hù shuǐ to draw water for irrigation (manually or with a water wheel) 橾 shū the hole in the center of a wheel accommodating the axle (archaic) 法轮常转 法輪常轉 fǎ lún cháng zhuàn the Wheel turns constantly (idiom) / Buddhist teaching will overcome everything 砣子 tuó zi emery wheel syn 纺轮 紡輪 fǎng lún spinning wheel 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 车条 車條 chē tiáo spoke (of wheel) 车轮饼 車輪餅 chē lún bǐng imagawayaki (sweet snack made of batter cooked in the shape of a car wheel, stuffed with azuki bean paste or other fillings) 軭 kuāng to spoil (Cant.) / to ruin / to warp (car wheel) 轮缘 輪緣 lún yuán rim / edge of wheel 轮脚 輪腳 lún jiǎo caster (furniture wheel) 轮齿 輪齒 lún chǐ tooth of cog wheel / gear tooth 旋工 鏇工 xuàn gōng lathe operator / spinning wheel worker 龙骨车 龍骨車 lóng gǔ chē water wheel syn 四轮驱动汽车 four-wheel-drive vehicle 反作用轮 反作用輪 fǎn zuò yòng lún reaction wheel 长轴距 長軸距 long wheel base 车轮校正机 車輪校正機 wheel-alignment machine 从矿井到车轮分析法 從礦井到車輪分析法 well-to-wheel analysis 车轮清洁站 車輪清潔站 wheel cleaning station 测距轮 測距輪 cè jù lún measuring wheel 国际内轮协会 國際內輪協會 International Inner Wheel 中枢网 中樞網 hub network / star network / wheel network 车轮平衡设备 車輪平衡設備 wheel-balancer 巂 guī cuckoo / revolution of a wheel 軖 kuáng spinning wheel / wheelbarrow 偏三轮 偏三輪 piān sān lún old-style cycle with lateral third wheel and passenger seat 四轮定位 四輪定位 sì lún dìng wèi wheel alignment (automobile maintenance) 