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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *圈* | 圈* | *圈
circle; ring; loop (CL:個|个) / classifier for loops, orbits, laps of race etc / to surround; to circle
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *圈* | 圈* | *圈
livestock enclosure; pen; fold; sty
HSK 7-9
circle / ring / (social) circle
HSK 7-9
trap; snare; trick
HSK 7-9
show business
HSK 7-9
at symbol, @
(coll.) (neologism c. 2006) to extract money unscrupulously (e.g. through IPOs, fandom, or game mechanics) while offering little genuine value; to grift; to fleece
aperture / diaphragm / halo / aureole
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *圈* | 圈* | *圈
to confine / to lock up / to pen in
comfort zone
to rotate / to twirl / to run around / to encircle / rotation / (coll.) to speak indirectly / to beat about the bush
spring washer
bow-legged / bandy-legged
to draw a circle / cliques / circles
ferrule / ring toss
circle
solenoid (electrical engineering) / coil
rushing to stake one's claim in new markets (idiom)
Bayuquan District of Yingkou City 營口市|营口市, Liaoning
staking a claim to territory / enclosure
wreath / garland
to rear (an animal) in an enclosure
pigsty (lit. and fig.)
to remove manure from a cowshed or pigsty etc (for use as fertilizer) / to muck out
to gain popularity beyond the original niche community or fan base; to go mainstream
Bayuquan district of Yingkou City 營口市|营口市, Liaoning
commercial district / business district
to spread litter in a cowshed, pigsty etc
washer (on bolt) / toilet seat
line of latitude / parallel
to mark a text with dots and circles / to punctuate
wheel rim / underwire (in a bra)
necklace
vicious circle / (abnormal) phenomenon
doughnut
round frame of a sieve
rim of the eye / eye socket
(basketball) hoop / ring
(geography) hydrosphere
ring around the moon / lunar halo / solar halo
at symbol, @
among insiders; within the community (of publishers, cyclists or cosplayers etc); (esp.) in show business circles
Moments (social networking function of smartphone app WeChat 微信)
dark circles (under one's eyes) / black eye
(neologism c. 2015) (coll.) to win (sb) over as a fan / to garner new fans
erhua variant of 羅圈|罗圈
stable
(planet) atmosphere / (medical) air ring / air cushion
collar (animal)
number of laps
line of longitude / meridian (geography)
to encircle / to go around / to circle / to beat about the bush
life buoy; life belt / (jocular) flab; spare tire
pen / animal yard
swim ring / swim tube / (fig.) (coll.) spare tire (roll of fat around the waist)
wireless (bra)
crop circle
remarkable (performance, achievement etc) / worthy of praise
(meteorology) storm area (area exposed to winds of force 7 or higher during a typhoon) / (fig.) area particularly badly affected by a crisis
hula hoop (loanword)
onion ring
Great East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, Japanese wartime slogan for their short-lived Pacific Empire, first enunciated by Prime Minister Prince KONOE Fumimaro 近衛文麿|近卫文麿 in 1938
doughnut
Enclosure Movement
(geology) lithosphere
(geology) asthenosphere
annotations made in a book / fig. remarks and comments / to have an opinion on everything
insider
government circle / political circle
(Internet slang) dazed / confused
(slang, jocular, neologism c. 2006, used esp. in relation to public figures) the things you and your friends get up to (misbehavior, scandals etc) leave me shaking my head
(astronomy) diurnal circle
to go around in circles / to make a detour / (fig.) to beat about the bush
to fall in a trap
blogosphere
tic-tac-toe
to form a circle, ring or loop
ecosphere
to remove manure from a cowshed or pigsty etc (for use as fertilizer) / to muck out
(Tw) (computing) loop
to overstep the bounds / to go too far
Arctic Circle
XO ("extra old"), grade of cognac quality
hula hoop (loanword)
to highlight sth by drawing a circle around it / (fig.) to designate; to delineate
hoop
great circle (in spherical geometry)
atmosphere
the entertainment world; show business
(geology) asthenosphere
induction coil / solenoid
to play mahjong
sphere of cultural influence
Stonehenge stone circle
smoke ring
biosphere
to be on the verge of tears
magnetosphere
Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS)
solenoid (electrical engineering) / coil

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