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show business
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
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circle; ring; loop (CL:個|个) / classifier for loops, orbits, laps of race etc / to surround; to circle
HSK 4
Arctic Circle
circle / ring / (social) circle
HSK 7-9
to overstep the bounds / to go too far
the entertainment world; show business
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livestock enclosure; pen; fold; sty
HSK 7-9
circle
(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
hula hoop (loanword)
Moments (social networking function of smartphone app WeChat 微信)
insider
to fall in a trap
bow-legged / bandy-legged
remarkable (performance, achievement etc) / worthy of praise
among insiders; within the community (of publishers, cyclists or cosplayers etc); (esp.) in show business circles
to be on the verge of tears
commercial district / business district
hoop
hula hoop (loanword)
(geography) hydrosphere
doughnut
ecosphere
great circle (in spherical geometry)
trap; snare; trick
HSK 7-9
to encircle / to go around / to circle / to beat about the bush
(Tw) (computing) loop
number of laps
to mark a text with dots and circles / to punctuate
wreath / garland
to go around in circles / to make a detour / (fig.) to beat about the bush
rim of the eye / eye socket
comfort zone
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
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to confine / to lock up / to pen in
to draw a circle / cliques / circles
(neologism c. 2015) (coll.) to win (sb) over as a fan / to garner new fans
life buoy; life belt / (jocular) flab; spare tire
Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS)
line of latitude / parallel
jumping through hoops (as acrobatic show)
at symbol, @
fan community / fandom
Bayuquan District of Yingkou City 營口市|营口市, Liaoning
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
blogosphere
wireless (bra)
collar (animal)
to play mahjong
rushing to stake one's claim in new markets (idiom)
to rear (an animal) in an enclosure
(geology) lithosphere
government circle / political circle
to form a circle, ring or loop
rubber ring / gasket
aperture / diaphragm / halo / aureole
Enclosure Movement
sphere of cultural influence
swim ring / swim tube / (fig.) (coll.) spare tire (roll of fat around the waist)
ring around the moon / lunar halo / solar halo
Bayuquan district of Yingkou City 營口市|营口市, Liaoning
(astronomy) diurnal circle
(planet) atmosphere / (medical) air ring / air cushion
biosphere
crop circle
dark circles (under one's eyes) / black eye
doughnut
staking a claim to territory / enclosure
pen / animal yard
line of latitude / parallel
atmosphere
at symbol, @
to spread litter in a cowshed, pigsty etc
washer (on bolt) / toilet seat
a quarrel in which third parties get involved
(Internet slang) dazed / confused
line of longitude / meridian (geography)
tic-tac-toe
induction coil / solenoid
to scam / to set a trap / to set up a scheme to defraud people
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
onion ring
round frame of a sieve
necklace
ferrule / ring toss
(meteorology) storm area (area exposed to winds of force 7 or higher during a typhoon) / (fig.) area particularly badly affected by a crisis
Stonehenge stone circle
pigsty (lit. and fig.)
to go around one time / to do a circuit
XO ("extra old"), grade of cognac quality
Rogowski coil
to rotate / to twirl / to run around / to encircle / rotation / (coll.) to speak indirectly / to beat about the bush
solenoid (electrical engineering) / coil
to bow around with hands joined (to people on all sides)
wheel rim / underwire (in a bra)
smoke ring
(geology) asthenosphere
annotations made in a book / fig. remarks and comments / to have an opinion on everything
to highlight sth by drawing a circle around it / (fig.) to designate; to delineate
spring washer

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