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satisfactory; consummate; perfect
HSK 4
ballpoint pen / CL: ,
HSK 6
to have a reunion
HSK 7-9
round / circular
HSK 7-9
column / cylinder
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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)
HSK 4
flexible / accommodating
(math.) the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter (π)
boiled or deep-fried balls of glutinous rice flour, usually eaten during Lantern Festival
HSK 7-9
ring (any circular object) / (math.) annulus / (Tw) traffic circle; rotary
to enunciate beautifully (in speaking or singing) (idiom)
(bird species of China) bonin petrel (Pterodroma hypoleuca)
semicircular
waltz
oval
circular cylinder / drum
round table
circumscribed circle (of a polygon)
to mediate / to broker a compromise
to fulfill one's dream / (divination) to predict the future by interpreting a dream / oneiromancy
ball / sphere / globe
cone / conical / tapering
arc (segment of a circle)
lit. lovely flowers, round moon (idiom); fig. everything is wonderful / perfect happiness / conjugal bliss
wafer (used as a substrate for fabricating microchips)
mellow and full / suave / smooth and round / rich (in voice)
without rules, nothing can be done (idiom, from Mencius); one must follow some rules
cylinder (geometry)
accommodating / (Buddhism) completely integrated
virtuous achievements come to their successful conclusion (idiom)
circumference; circle
oval / ellipsoidal
without rules, how can anything be done (idiom); one must follow some rules
circle
lit. outside-flexible, inside-firm (idiom) / fig. velvet glove
(bird species of China) Tahiti petrel (Pseudobulweria rostrata)
round table conference
death / to pass away (of Buddhist monks, nuns etc)
perfectly round
to draw a circle
the trigonometric functions
currency issued by Nationalist Government in 1948
semicircle
round herring
conic section
great circle (in spherical geometry)
without rules, nothing can be done (idiom); one must follow some rules
cone
great circle (in spherical geometry)
(of a child bride) to consummate marriage
waxing and waning (of the moon)
oblate
conical
cylindrical
smooth and evasive / slick and sly
bead
circular saw
parentheses; round brackets ( )
(math.) elliptic function
as round as a ball
tall and strong / burly / beefy
disk
radiance emanating from the head / halo
lit. like a square peg in a round hole (idiom) / fig. incompatible
Japanese yen (unit of currency) / CL: 個|个
compass (drafting)
dome
round white cabbage (i.e. Western cabbage)
dome
(math.) elliptic curve
flat silver (former coinage) / also written 銀元|银元 / silver dollar
plump
oval / ellipse
kind of dumpling / sticky rice ball
a round vault
crew neck / round neck (of pull-over garment, e.g. T-shirt)
Oval office (in the White House)
(idiom) to make a story or theory consistent; to give a plausible explanation; to plug the holes in one's story
(anatomy) oval window (between the middle and inner ear)
to patch up one's lie (when inconsistencies appear) / to cover (for sb who has lied)
circular orbit (in astronomy and in astronautics)
(math.) elliptic integral
inflexible / unaccommodating
to counter (a stroke in fencing)
center of circle
conical / coniform
lit. the two halves of the broken mirror are rejoined (idiom) / fig. long-separated lovers are reunited; a broken relationship is restored
US dollar
to buy the whole lot / to take everything remaining
slur (music)
full moon
spot baldness (alopecia areata)
rounded corner; fillet
oval / ellipse / elliptic
round and bulging / rotund / protruding
perimeter / range / (within) a radius of ...
fabless (semiconductor company)
no gourd is perfectly round, just as no man is perfect (proverb)

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