"Circles" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 武林 | wǔ lín | martial arts (social) circles |  |
| 圈圈 | quān quan | to draw a circle / cliques / circles |  |
| 各界 | gè jiè | all walks of life / all social circles | |
| 乐坛 | yuè tán | music circles / music world | |
| 体坛 | tǐ tán | sporting circles / the world of sport | |
| 足坛 | zú tán | soccer circles / soccer world | |
| 影坛 | yǐng tán | moviedom / the world of movies / film circles | |
| 文坛 | wén tán | literary circles | |
| 黑眼圈 | hēi yǎn quān | dark circles (under one's eyes) / black eye | |
| 学术界 | xué shù jiè | academic circles / academia | |
| 圈内 | quān nèi | among insiders / within the community (of publishers, cyclists or cosplayers etc) / (esp.) in show business circles | |
| 学界 | xué jiè | academic world / academic circles / academia | |
| 政坛 | zhèng tán | political circles | |
| 金融界 | jīn róng jiè | banking circles / the world of finance | |
| 文联 | 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) | |
| 政界 | zhèng jiè | political and government circles | |
| 教育界 | jiào yù jiè | academic world / academic circles / academia | |
| 团团转 | tuán tuán zhuàn | to go round and round / running around in circles / fig. frantically busy | |
| 周而复始 | zhōu ér fù shǐ | lit. the cycle comes back to the start (idiom) / to move in circles / the wheel comes full circle | |
| 电影界 | diàn yǐng jiè | moviedom / the world of movies / film circles | |
| 科学界 | kē xué jiè | world of science / scientific circles | |
| 经济界 | jīng jì jiè | economic circles | |
| 体育界 | tǐ yù jiè | sports circles / the sporting world | |
| 中国文联 | 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 | shī tán | poetry circles / poetry world | |
| 知识界 | zhī shi jiè | intellectual circles / intelligentsia | |
| 画坛 | huà tán | painting world / painting circles | |
| 熊猫眼 | xióng māo yǎn | to have dark circles under one's eyes / to have eyes like a panda | |
| 绕圈子 | rào quān zi | to go around in circles / to make a detour / (fig.) to beat about the bush | |
| 艺坛 | yì tán | art circles / art world | |
| 圈点 | quān diǎn | to mark a text with dots and circles / to punctuate | |
| 报界 | bào jiè | the press / journalistic circles / the journalists | |
| 迂回曲折 | yū huí qū zhé | meandering and circuitous (idiom) / complicated developments that never get anywhere / going around in circles | |
| 转来转去 | zhuàn lái zhuàn qù | to rove around / to run around in circles / to walk back and forth | |
| 中国文学艺术界联合会 | 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 | jù tán | the world of Chinese opera / theatrical circles | |
| 棒坛 | bàng tán | baseball circles / baseball world | |
| 武坛 | wǔ tán | martial arts circles | |
| 绕来绕去 | rào lái rào qù | meandering and circuitous (idiom) / to go around in circles and never get anywhere | |
| 金融风暴 | jīn róng fēng bào | banking crisis / storm in financial circles | |
| 银坛 | yín tán | moviedom / the world of movies / film circles | |
| 银海 | yín hǎi | moviedom / the world of movies / film circles | |
| 圆晕 | yuán yùn | concentric circles / circular ripples | |
