团团转 團團轉 tuán tuán zhuàn to go round and round / running around in circles / fig. frantically busy syn 赛事 賽事 sài shì competition (e.g. sporting) 武林 wǔ lín martial arts (social) circles 圈圈 quān quan to draw a circle / cliques / circles syn 政界 zhèng jiè political and government circles syn 绕圈子 繞圈子 rào quān zi to go around in circles / to make a detour / (fig.) to beat about the bush syn 电影界 電影界 diàn yǐng jiè moviedom / the world of movies / film circles 政坛 政壇 zhèng tán political circles 科学界 科學界 kē xué jiè world of science / scientific circles syn 乐坛 樂壇 yuè tán music circles / music world 对抗赛 對抗賽 duì kàng sài duel / match / competition between paired opponents (e.g. sporting) 各界 gè jiè all walks of life / all social circles syn 学界 學界 xué jiè academic world / academic circles / academia syn 体育界 體育界 tǐ yù jiè sports circles / the sporting world 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 学术界 學術界 xué shù jiè academic circles / academia syn 报界 報界 bào jiè the press / journalistic circles / the journalists 影坛 影壇 yǐng tán moviedom / the world of movies / film circles 金融界 jīn róng jiè banking circles / the world of finance 场馆 場館 chǎng guǎn sporting venue / arena 文体 文體 wén tǐ genre of writing / literary form / style / literary recreation and sporting activities 文坛 文壇 wén tán literary circles syn 教育界 jiào yù jiè academic world / academic circles / academia syn 教头 教頭 jiào tóu sporting coach / military drill master (in Song times) syn 经济界 經濟界 jīng jì jiè economic circles 知识界 知識界 zhī shi jiè intellectual circles / intelligentsia syn 画坛 畫壇 huà tán painting world / painting circles 艺坛 藝壇 yì tán art circles / art world syn 足坛 足壇 zú tán soccer circles / soccer world 黑眼圈 hēi yǎn quān dark circles (under one's eyes) / black eye 圈内 圈內 quān nèi among insiders / within the community (of publishers, cyclists or cosplayers etc) / (esp.) in show business circles 体育活动 體育活動 tǐ yù huó dòng sports / sporting activity 文联 文聯 wén lián abbr. for 中國文學藝術界聯合會|中国文学艺术界联合会, China Federation of Literary and Art Circles (CFLAC) syn 比赛项目 比賽項目 bǐ sài xiàng mù sporting event / item on program of sports competition 体育项目 體育項目 tǐ yù xiàng mù sporting event 中国文联 中國文聯 zhōng guó wén lián abbr. for 中國文學藝術界聯合會|中国文学艺术界联合会, China Federation of Literary and Art Circles (CFLAC) 诗坛 詩壇 shī tán poetry circles / poetry world syn 御敌 禦敵 yù dí armed enemy of the nation / enemy of the Emperor / fig. championship challenger / contender opposing champion in sporting contest 熊猫眼 熊貓眼 xióng māo yǎn to have dark circles under one's eyes / to have eyes like a panda 圈点 圈點 quān diǎn to mark a text with dots and circles / to punctuate syn 届 屆 jiè to arrive at (place or time) / period / to become due / classifier for events, meetings, elections, sporting fixtures, years (of graduation) syn 转来转去 轉來轉去 zhuàn lái zhuàn qù to rove around / to run around in circles / to walk back and forth syn 迂回曲折 yū huí qū zhé meandering and circuitous (idiom) / complicated developments that never get anywhere / going around in circles 盃 bēi variant of 杯 cup / sporting trophy 后半场 後半場 hòu bàn chǎng second half (of sporting competition) 骤死 驟死 zhòu sǐ sudden death (play-off in sporting competition) 骤死式 驟死式 zhòu sǐ shì sudden death style play-off (sporting competition) 体育比赛 體育比賽 tǐ yù bǐ sài sporting competition 体育武器及弹药制造商协会 Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers' Institute 体育武器 體育武器 sporting weapon 中国文学艺术界联合会 中國文學藝術界聯合會 zhōng guó wén xué yì shù jiè lián hé huì China Federation of Literary and Art Circles (CFLAC) / abbr. to 文聯|文联 剧坛 劇壇 jù tán the world of Chinese opera / theatrical circles 棒坛 棒壇 bàng tán baseball circles / baseball world 武坛 武壇 wǔ tán martial arts circles 绕来绕去 繞來繞去 rào lái rào qù meandering and circuitous (idiom) / to go around in circles and never get anywhere 金融风暴 金融風暴 jīn róng fēng bào banking crisis / storm in financial circles 银坛 銀壇 yín tán moviedom / the world of movies / film circles 银海 銀海 yín hǎi moviedom / the world of movies / film circles 圆晕 圓暈 yuán yùn concentric circles / circular ripples 反贼 反賊 fǎn zéi (imperial China) rebel / traitor / (post-1949) enemy of the state / counter-revolutionary / (slang) dissident (used self-referentially, esp. in pro-democracy circles) 