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HSK
satisfactory; consummate; perfect
HSK 4
round / circular
HSK 7-9
boiled or deep-fried balls of glutinous rice flour, usually eaten during Lantern Festival
HSK 7-9
ballpoint pen / CL: ,
HSK 6
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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
to have a reunion
HSK 7-9
Japanese yen (unit of currency) / CL: 個|个
without rules, how can anything be done (idiom); one must follow some rules
round table
cylinder (geometry)
flexible / accommodating
mellow and full / suave / smooth and round / rich (in voice)
Yuanmingyuan, the Old Summer Palace, destroyed by the British and French army in 1860
circle
cone / conical / tapering
(math.) the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter (π)
waltz
full moon
rounded corner; fillet
circular cylinder / drum
round table conference
ball / sphere / globe
perimeter / range / (within) a radius of ...
(of a child bride) to consummate marriage
death / to pass away (of Buddhist monks, nuns etc)
to help to resolve a dispute / to smooth things over
compass (drafting)
parentheses; round brackets ( )
(math.) elliptic curve
semicircle
dot
semicircular
Chinese juniper (Juniperus chinensis)
cylindrical
US dollar
accommodating / (Buddhism) completely integrated
great circle (in spherical geometry)
oval / ellipse / elliptic
wafer (used as a substrate for fabricating microchips)
circular orbit (in astronomy and in astronautics)
lit. like a square peg in a round hole (idiom) / fig. incompatible
conic section
a round vault
concentric circles / circular ripples
to mediate / to broker a compromise
round hole
circumference; circle
kind of dumpling / sticky rice ball
to fulfill one's dream / (divination) to predict the future by interpreting a dream / oneiromancy
smooth and evasive / slick and sly
without rules, nothing can be done (idiom); one must follow some rules
lit. lovely flowers, round moon (idiom); fig. everything is wonderful / perfect happiness / conjugal bliss
currency issued by Nationalist Government in 1948
crew neck / round neck (of pull-over garment, e.g. T-shirt)
oval / ellipsoidal
round white cabbage (i.e. Western cabbage)
to enunciate beautifully (in speaking or singing) (idiom)
tall and strong / burly / beefy
lit. outside-flexible, inside-firm (idiom) / fig. velvet glove
without rules, nothing can be done (idiom, from Mencius); one must follow some rules
amphitheater
circumscribed circle (of a polygon)
perfectly round / (fig.) accommodating / considerate / smooth (way of doing things)
no gourd is perfectly round, just as no man is perfect (proverb)
(idiom) to make a story or theory consistent; to give a plausible explanation; to plug the holes in one's story
Korean won (unit of currency)
ring (any circular object) / (math.) annulus / (Tw) traffic circle; rotary
virtuous achievements come to their successful conclusion (idiom)
arc (segment of a circle)
cone
oval
inflexible / unaccommodating
bead
to buy the whole lot / to take everything remaining
dome
great circle (in spherical geometry)
elliptical machine (exercise)
(bird species of China) bonin petrel (Pterodroma hypoleuca)
the trigonometric functions
dome
radiance emanating from the head / halo
column / cylinder
round dance
tapioca ball
center of circle
hexagon socket head cap screw
to draw a circle
ba-wan, dumpling made of glutinous dough, typically stuffed with minced pork, bamboo shoots etc, and served with a savory sauce (Taiwanese snack) (from Taiwanese 肉圓, Tai-lo pr. [bah-uân])
disk
spot baldness (alopecia areata)
conical / coniform
oblate
perfectly round
completely round
(bird species of China) Tahiti petrel (Pseudobulweria rostrata)
Circinus (constellation)
as round as a ball
lit. as round as pearls and as smooth as jade (idiom) / fig. elegant and polished (of singing or writing)
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