前 后 qián hòu around / from beginning to end / all around / front and rear 约 莫 yuē mo about / around / approximately 四 周 sì zhōu all around 一 周 yī zhōu one week / all the way around / a whole cycle 围 绕 wéi rào to revolve around / to center on (an issue) 参 观 to look around / to tour / to visit 周 边 zhōu biān periphery / rim / surroundings / all around / perimeter / peripheral (computing) / spin-offs 环 球 huán qiú around the world / worldwide 全 方 位 quán fāng wèi all around / omnidirectional / complete / holistic / comprehensive 改 革 开 放 gǎi gé kāi fàng to reform and open to the outside world / refers to Deng Xiaoping's policies from around 1980 世 人 shì rén people (in general) / people around the world / everyone 运 转 yùn zhuǎn to work / to operate / to revolve / to turn around 徘 徊 pái huái to dither / to hesitate / to pace back and forth / by ext. to hover around / to linger 转 动 zhuǎn dòng to turn sth around / to swivel 打 听 dǎ ting to ask about / to make some inquiries / to ask around 观 望 guān wàng to wait and see / to watch from the sidelines / to look around / to survey 回 首 huí shǒu to turn around / to look back / to recollect 环 绕 huán rào to surround / to circle / to revolve around 回 车 huí chē to turn a vehicle around / (computing) "carriage return" character / the "Enter" key / to hit the "Enter" key 春 运 chūn yùn (increased) passenger transportation around Chinese New Year 天 后 Tiān hòu Tin Hau, Empress of Heaven, another name for the goddess Matsu 媽祖|妈祖[Ma1 zu3] / Tin Hau (Hong Kong area around the MTR station with same name) 漫 游 màn yóu to travel around / to roam / (mobile telephony) roaming 张 扬 zhāng yáng to display ostentatiously / to bring out into the open / to make public / to spread around / flamboyant / brash 弯 曲 wān qū to bend / to curve around / curved / crooked / to wind / to warp 日 夜 rì yè day and night / around the clock 扭 转 niǔ zhuǎn to reverse / to turn around (an undesirable situation) / (mechanics) torsion 巡 回 xún huí to go around / to roam / to tour 走 动 zǒu dòng to walk around / to move about / to stretch one's legs / to go for a walk / to be mobile (e.g. after an illness) / to visit one another / to pay a visit (go to the toilet) 张 望 zhāng wàng to look around / to peep (through a crack) / to peer at / to throw a look at 游 行 yóu xíng to march / to parade / to demonstrate / procession / march / demonstration / to travel around / to roam 盘 旋 pán xuán to spiral / to circle / to go around / to hover / to orbit 绕 过 rào guò to detour / to bypass / to circumvent / to avoid / to wind around (of a road etc) 逛 逛 guàng guang to roam around / to have a stroll 扭 头 niǔ tóu to turn one's head / to turn around 玩 乐 wán lè to play around / to disport oneself 四 射 sì shè to radiate all around 探 望 tàn wàng to visit / to call on sb / to look around 天 府 Tiān fǔ Heavenly province (epithet of Sichuan, esp. area around Chengdu) / land of plenty 四 面 八 方 sì miàn bā fāng in all directions / all around / far and near 转 弯 zhuǎn wān to turn / to go around a corner 泡 妞 pào niū to pick up girls / to play around with girls / to chase after girls 将 至 jiāng zhì to be about to arrive / to be around the corner 匈 奴 Xiōng nú Xiongnu, a people of the Eastern Steppe who created an empire that flourished around the time of the Qin and Han dynasties 四 起 sì qǐ to spring up everywhere / from all around 回 旋 huí xuán to turn around / maneuvering room / leeway 环 顾 huán gù to look around / to survey 颠 簸 diān bǒ to be jolted around (car on a bumpy road, boat on a rough sea, aircraft experiencing turbulence) / (fig.) to undergo a rough experience 沿 江 yán jiāng along the river / the region around the river 乱 跑 luàn pǎo to run around all over the place 未 雨 绸 缪 wèi yǔ chóu móu lit. before it rains, bind around with silk (idiom, from Book of Songs 詩經|诗经) / fig. to plan ahead / to prepare for a rainy day 簇 拥 cù yōng to crowd around / to escort 环 城 huán chéng encircling the city (of walls, ring road etc) / around the city 乱 来 luàn lái to act recklessly / to mess around 游 牧 yóu mù nomadic / to move about in search of pasture / to rove around as a nomad 东 张 西 望 dōng zhāng xī wàng to look in all directions (idiom) / to glance around 被 窝 bèi wō quilt wrapped around the body as a tube (traditional bedding) / (contemporary) bedding / quilt / blankets / cover / bed 僧 多 粥 少 sēng duō zhōu shǎo lit. many monks and not much gruel (idiom) / fig. not enough to go around / demand exceeds supply 转 悠 zhuàn you to roll / to wander around / to appear repeatedly 回 廊 huí láng winding corridor / cloister / ambulatory (covered walkway around a cloister) 钱 塘 Qián táng Qiantang River that loops around Hangzhou 杭州[Hang2 zhou1] in Zhejiang Province 浙江省[Zhe4 jiang1 Sheng3] 满 天 飞 mǎn tiān fēi to rush around everywhere / always active 楚 国 Chǔ guó the state of Chu, one of the most important of the small states contending for power in China between 770 and 223 BC, located around present-day Hubei 水 饺 shuǐ jiǎo boiled dumpling (made by wrapping a pasta skin around a filling, like ravioli) 环 游 huán yóu to travel around (the world, a country etc) 周 游 zhōu yóu variant of 周遊|周游, to tour / to travel around 四 顾 sì gù to look around 传 开 chuán kāi (of news) to spread / to get around 急 转 jí zhuǎn to whirl / to turn around quickly 围 坐 wéi zuò to sit in a circle / seated around (a narrator) 团 团 转 tuán tuán zhuàn to go round and round / running around in circles / fig. frantically busy 过 来 人 guò lái rén an experienced person / sb who has "been around (the block)" / sb who has personally experienced it 把 玩 bǎ wán to turn around in one's hands / to play with / to fiddle with 海 河 Hǎi hé Hai He (a system of five waterways around Tianjin, flowing into Bohai 渤海 / at Dagukou 大沽口) 游 移 yóu yí to wander / to shift around / to waver / to vacillate 代 步 dài bù to get around using a conveyance (car, bicycle, sedan chair etc) / to ride (or drive) / means of transportation 欺 压 qī yā to bully / to push around 淮 海 Huái hǎi Huaihai, economic hub around Xuzhou 徐州[Xu2 zhou1], including parts of Jiangsu, Shandong, Henan and Anhui provinces 泛 珠 三 角 fàn zhū sān jiǎo Pan-Pearl River delta / The nine provinces of Southern China around Guangzhou and the Pearl River delta / South China 浪 荡 làng dàng to loiter / to hang around / dissolute / licentious 指 日 可 待 zhǐ rì kě dài imminent / just around the corner (idiom) 踏 青 tà qīng lit. tread the green / go for a walk in the spring (when the grass has turned green) / spring hike season around Qingming festival 清明, 4th-6th April 搪 塞 táng sè to muddle through / to fob sb off / to beat around the bush / to dodge 探 查 tàn chá to examine / to probe / to scout out / to nose around 环 岛 huán dǎo roundabout (traffic island) / around an island (trip etc) 转 圈 zhuàn quān to rotate / to twirl / to run around / to encircle / rotation / (coll.) to speak indirectly / to beat about the bush 合 围 hé wéi to surround / to close in around (one's enemy, prey etc) 一 拥 而 上 yī yōng ér shàng to swarm around / flocking (to see) 晃 悠 huàng you to swing / to sway / to wobble / to hang around / to hover around 顾 盼 gù pàn to look around / to care for 横 冲 直 撞 héng chōng zhí zhuàng lit. bashing sideways and colliding straight on (idiom) / to push through shoving and bumping / to barge / to charge around violently 搅 和 jiǎo huo to mix / to blend / (fig.) to spoil / to mess up things / to run around with (sb) / to get involved with / to mix (with other people) 鬼 混 guǐ hùn to hang around / to fool around / to live aimlessly 左 顾 右 盼 zuǒ gù yòu pàn glancing to left and right (idiom) / to look all around 掉 转 diào zhuǎn to turn around 逗 乐 dòu lè to amuse oneself / to clown around / to provoke laughter 勾 搭 gōu da to gang up / to fool around with / to make up to 调 转 diào zhuǎn to reassign sb to a different job / to turn around / to change direction / to make a U turn 闯 荡 江 湖 chuǎng dàng jiāng hú to travel around the country 发 号 施 令 fā hào shī lìng to boss people around (idiom) 钱 塘 江 Qián táng Jiāng Qiantang River that loops around Hangzhou 杭州[Hang2 zhou1] in Zhejiang Province 浙江省[Zhe4 jiang1 Sheng3]
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